Affiliation:
1. Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Miller School of Medicine University of Miami, Miami, FL
2. Department of Pathology, The Johns Hopkins University Hospital, Baltimore, MD
Abstract
Abstract
Objectives
Epithelioid sarcoma (ES) rarely arises in the nerve. To increase our understanding of this unusual tumor originating in the nerve, we describe the features of three cases and review the literature.
Methods
Clinical data, imaging, pathology, treatment, and follow-up are detailed. A systematic literature review was conducted.
Results
Two patients were male and one female; the median age was 24 years. The patients had neurologic symptoms, and the tumors arose in large nerves and ranged from 2.4 to 5.8 cm. The tumors were avid on positron emission tomography–computed tomography and showed increased signal intensity on T2-weighted magnetic resonance imaging. Centered in the nerve, the tumors grew with an infiltrative pattern and encased the nerve fascicles. All were treated with wide resection, and adjuvant treatment included combinations of chemotherapy and radiation. One recurred, and the limb was amputated. Metastases were documented to lymph nodes, lung, pleura, and skin. One patient died of disease after 54 months. Literature review including our cases showed that tumors stained with pancytokeratin (9/9), EMA (4/4), and CD34 (7/7); there was loss of INI1 in all six cases tested.
Conclusions
ES rarely arises in the peripheral nerve, and its infiltrative nature often requires morbid surgery. The differential includes a variety of benign and malignant epithelioid neoplasms.
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
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