Table 2 |
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Patients' pathological summaries |
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N° |
Age |
Cytology |
Gross pathology |
Histopathology |
Provisional diagnosis |
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1 |
54 |
Benign |
Well defined, 2 cm |
Spindle cells, adipocytes, thick collagen bundles in variable proportions |
SCL? |
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2 |
55 |
Suspicious |
Well defined, 3 cm |
Spindle and oval cells haphazardly arranged in short intersecting fascicles, ribbons of collagen |
MFB? |
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3 |
46 |
Benign |
Irregular infiltrative, 3.7 cm |
Spindle cells forming interlacing bundles |
Benign BSCTs? |
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4 |
37 |
Benign |
Well defined, 2.5 cm |
Cellular neoplasm formed of spindle and oval cells, arranged in storiform pattern or in parallel fascicles |
Benign BSCTs? |
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5 |
51 |
Suspicious |
Well defined with irregular margins, 3 cm |
Highly cellular neoplasm formed of spindle cells surrounding epithelial lined spaces, high mitotic activity 20/10 hpfs |
Malignant PT? |
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6 |
39 |
Benign |
Well defined, 4 cm |
Interlacing bundles of spindle-shaped cells with cigar shaped-nuclei, eosinophilic cytoplasm, rare mitotic figures |
leiomyoma |
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7 |
52 |
Malignant |
Well defined, 5 cm |
Eosinophilic spindle cells arranged in interlacing bundles, marked cellular and nuclear atypia, mitosis 7/10 hpfs, wide areas of necrosis |
leiomyosarcoma |
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8 |
69 |
Malignant |
Well defined, 4 cm |
Highly pleomorphic spindle cells, high mitotic activity 23/10hpfs |
Malignant BSCTs? |
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Hpfs: high power fields. |
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