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Reticulohistiocytoma (solitary epithelioid histiocytoma): a clinicopathologic and immunohistochemical study of 44 casesMarkku Miettinen
Department of Soft Tissue Pathology, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, DC 20306 6000, USA
Am J Surg Pathol 30:521-8. 2006..It needs to be distinguished from Rosai-Dorfman disease, juvenile xanthogranuloma, a variety of granulomatous conditions, and some malignant neoplasms, including histiocytic sarcoma, melanoma, and epithelioid sarcoma...- Palmar-plantar fibromatosis in children and preadolescents: a clinicopathologic study of 56 cases with newly recognized demographics and extended follow-up informationJohn F Fetsch
Department of Soft Tissue Pathology, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, DC 20306, USA
Am J Surg Pathol 29:1095-105. 2005..Thirty-two of 38 patients (84.2%) with clinical follow-up, ranging from 4 months to 33 years (mean, 14 years 9 months; median, 16 years 1 month), had one (n = 16) or more (n = 16) local recurrence of their fibromatosis... - Nerve sheath myxoma: a clinicopathologic and immunohistochemical analysis of 57 morphologically distinctive, S-100 protein- and GFAP-positive, myxoid peripheral nerve sheath tumors with a predilection for the extremities and a high local recurrence rateJohn F Fetsch
Department of Soft Tissue Pathology, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, DC 20306 6000, USA
Am J Surg Pathol 29:1615-24. 2005..These tumors have a relatively high local recurrence rate when managed by simple local excision. They appear to be unrelated to so-called cellular and mixed-type neurothekeomas... - Neurothekeoma: an analysis of 178 tumors with detailed immunohistochemical data and long-term patient follow-up informationJohn F Fetsch
Department of Soft Tissue Pathology, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, DC 20306 6000, USA
Am J Surg Pathol 31:1103-14. 2007..An origin from fibroblastic cells with the ability to differentiate into myofibroblasts and a tendency to recruit histiocytic cells is postulated... - Ectopic hamartomatous thymoma: a clinicopathologic and immunohistochemical analysis of 21 cases with data supporting reclassification as a branchial anlage mixed tumorJohn F Fetsch
Department of Soft Tissue Pathology, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, DC 20306 6000, USA
Am J Surg Pathol 28:1360-70. 2004..The differential diagnosis includes conventional mixed tumors of skin adnexal or salivary gland origin, synovial sarcoma, a peripheral nerve sheath tumor variant, and cystic teratoma... - Epithelioid hemangioma of the penis: a clinicopathologic and immunohistochemical analysis of 19 cases, with special reference to exuberant examples often confused with epithelioid hemangioendothelioma and epithelioid angiosarcomaJohn F Fetsch
Department of Soft Tissue, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, DC 20306 6000, USA
Am J Surg Pathol 28:523-33. 2004..Optimal management appears to be complete local excision with periodic follow-up visits to monitor for local recurrence... - Leiomyosarcoma of the penis: a clinicopathologic study of 14 cases with review of the literature and discussion of the differential diagnosisJohn F Fetsch
Department of Soft Tissue Pathology, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, DC 20306, USA
Am J Surg Pathol 28:115-25. 2004..Superficial leiomyosarcomas of the penis are optimally managed by wide local excision whenever this is technically feasible. Tumors with a deep-seated component may require more aggressive intervention to ensure complete removal... - Villonodular synovitis (PVNS) of the spineKambiz Motamedi
Department of Radiologic Pathology, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, DC, 20306-6000, USA
Skeletal Radiol 34:185-95. 2005.... - Minute synovial sarcomas of the hands and feet: a clinicopathologic study of 21 tumors less than 1 cmMichal Michal
Sikl's Department of Pathology, Faculty Hospital, Pilsen, Czech Republic, and the Department of Soft Tissue Pathology, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, DC 20306-6000, USA
Am J Surg Pathol 30:721-6. 2006..These tumors should be recognized as part of the spectrum of synovial sarcomas... - Tenosynovial (extraarticular) chondromatosis: an analysis of 37 cases of an underrecognized clinicopathologic entity with a strong predilection for the hands and feet and a high local recurrence rateJohn F Fetsch
Department of Soft Tissue, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, DC 20306-6000, USA
Am J Surg Pathol 27:1260-8. 2003..Diagnosis of this underrecognized entity is of clinical importance because of the high local recurrence rate... 
Ossifying fibromyxoid tumor of soft parts--a clinicopathologic and immunohistochemical study of 104 cases with long-term follow-up and a critical review of the literatureMarkku Miettinen
Department of Soft Tissue Pathology, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, DC 20306 6000, USA
Am J Surg Pathol 32:996-1005. 2008..When OFT is strictly defined by the criteria noted above, there is potential for local recurrence, but there seems to be little or no risk for metastasis...- Synovial-type giant cell tumors of the vertebral column: a clinicopathologic study of 15 cases, with a review of the literature and discussion of the differential diagnosisMary A Furlong
Department of Soft Tissue, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, DC 20306, USA
Hum Pathol 34:670-9. 2003..No patient has experienced a metastasis or died of disease. The best predictor of outcome was gross total tumor removal at the surgical outset... - Lymphedematous fibroepithelial polyps of the glans penis and prepuce: a clinicopathologic study of 7 cases demonstrating a strong association with chronic condom catheter useJohn F Fetsch
Department of Soft Tissue Pathology, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, DC 20306-6000, USA
Hum Pathol 35:190-5. 2004..Two patients developed a local recurrence of the process at intervals of less than 1 years and 3 years 7 months. Both recurrent lesions were also managed by local excision... - Gastrointestinal stromal tumors in patients with neurofibromatosis 1: a clinicopathologic and molecular genetic study of 45 casesMarkku Miettinen
Department of Soft Tissue Pathology, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, 6825 16th Street NW, Bldg 54 Rm G090, Washington, DC 20306 6000, USA
Am J Surg Pathol 30:90-6. 2006..None of the 16 tumors from 15 patients had a KIT exon 9, 11, 13, or 17 or PDGFRA exon 12 or 18 mutation as is typically seen in sporadic GISTs, indicating that GISTs in NF1 patients have a different pathogenesis than sporadic GISTs... 
Detection of SYT-SSX fusion transcripts in archival synovial sarcomas by real-time reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reactionKaren E Bijwaard
Division of Molecular Pathology, the Department of Cellular Pathology and Genetics, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, DC, USA
J Mol Diagn 4:59-64. 2002..All 13 non-synovial sarcomas tested were negative for SYT-SSX1 and SYT-SSX2 fusion transcripts. This method is a relatively simple and rapid procedure for the detection of the t(X;18)(p11.2;q11.2)...- Ocular perivascular epithelioid cell tumor: report of 2 cases with distinct clinical presentationsEmiko Furusato
Department of Neuropathology and Ophthalmic Pathology, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, DC 20306 6000, USA
Hum Pathol 41:768-72. 2010..Although most examples appear cytologically bland, experience is limited regarding their malignant potential; and therefore, complete surgical resection and close follow-up are recommended... - Calcareous lesions of the distal extremities resembling tumoral calcinosis (tumoral calcinosislike lesions): clinicopathologic study of 43 cases emphasizing a pathogenesis-based approach to classificationWilliam B Laskin
Department of Pathology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, 251 East Huron Street, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
Am J Surg Pathol 31:15-25. 2007..Most TC-L lesions are closely aligned with primary normophosphatemic or secondary TC. Acral TC-L lesions may be the first manifestation of scleroderma, where the process has the potential to follow an unrelenting course... - Granular cell tumor of the penis: clinicopathologic evaluation of 9 casesWilliam B Laskin
Department of Pathology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
Hum Pathol 36:291-8. 2005..Benign GCT involving superficial soft tissue of the penis can be adequately managed by a simple excision. Patients with microscopically involved surgical margins can be clinically followed without immediate additional surgery... - Benign epithelioid peripheral nerve sheath tumors of the soft tissues: clinicopathologic spectrum of 33 casesWilliam B Laskin
Department of Pathology, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
Am J Surg Pathol 29:39-51. 2005..Accurate subclassification of some of these lesions is difficult based on currently available techniques... - Sclerotic (fibroma-like) lipoma: a distinctive lipoma variant with a predilection for the distal extremitiesWilliam B Laskin
Department of Pathology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
Am J Dermatopathol 28:308-16. 2006..Our study indicates that fibrosclerotic lipomas demonstrate a broader histological scope than what was initially described...