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Acral Lesions in Dermatopathology
Janis M. Taube, MDDirector of Dermatopathology
Associate Professor, Dermatology and PathologyJohns Hopkins Medical Institutions
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Overview• Non-neoplastic
– Circumscribed palmar hypokeratosis– Necrolytic acral erythema– TNF-alpha inhibitor reactions– Bullous acral erythema– APACHE
• Neoplastic– Soft tissue lesions– Miscellaneous
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Overview• Non-neoplastic
– Circumscribed palmar hypokeratosis– Necrolytic acral erythema– TNF-alpha inhibitor reactions– Bullous acral erythema– APACHE
• Neoplastic– Soft tissue lesions– Miscellaneous
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Circumscribed palmar/plantar hypokeratosis
• Clinically:– Round lesion with, very
well-defined borders and erythematous central area
– Tendency for thenar/hypothenar areas, medial side of sole
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Histologic Features
– Well-demarcated decrease in thickness of stratum corneum
– Diminished granular layer– No inflammation
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Background-- Only a few cases have been reported in the literature-- First described in 2002 (Perez, et al JAAD)-- Clinical DDx includes porokeratosis or Bowen disease-- Authors consider it a chronic localized defect in
keratinization.
Treatment:-- Topical corticosteroids or topical retinoids are
ineffective
-- possible benefit form photodynamic therapy or calcipotriol treatment
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June 2013. Am J Dermpath
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Necrolytic Acral Erythema
• Sharply-demarcated scaly plaques on dorsum of hands and feet
• Appox 50 patients reported since 1996
• Strong association with HCV
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Histologic features
• Early lesions may show only psorasiformhyperplasia with scattered and grouped dyskeratotic cells
• Well-developed lesions include parakeratosis, neutrophils, hypogranulosis
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Early lesion
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Pustular folliculitis, psoriasis, interface dermatitis, neutrophilic eccrine hidradenitis, Sweet’s syndrome, lupus, vasculitis, and palmoplantar pustulosis
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Palmoplantar pustulosis
Hawryluk et al. J Cutan Pathol, 2012
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• Variant of chemotherapy-induced acral erythema
• Acral dysthesia followed by erythema, blisters, and desquamation
• Approx 30 cases in literature
• Cytarabine and methotrexate most common drugs
Bullous acral erythema
Podjasek and Camilleri, J Cutan Pathol, 2012
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Histologic features
Pauci-inflammatory, subepidermal bullae, DIF-negative
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Acral pseudolymphomatousangiokeratoma of children (APACHE)
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Acral pseudolymphomatousangiokeratoma of children (APACHE)
Fonia, et al. Clin Exper Derm, 2016. 41(7), 751-3.
• APACHE likely represents a spectrum of benign lesions in adults in children
• Multiple, hyperkeratotic erythematous/violaceous papules and nodules that are usually asymptomatic
• Predilection for acral sites
• Etiology unknown
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Acral pseudolymphomatousangiokeratoma of children (APACHE)
Subepidermal, dense lymphoid infiltrate. Often proliferation of thick-walled blood vessels.
Fonia, et al. Clin Exper Derm, 2016. 41(7), 751-3.
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Acral pseudolymphomatousangiokeratoma of children (APACHE)
Fonia, et al. Clin Exper Derm, 2016. 41(7), 751-3.
Predominantly T-cells (mixed CD4 and CD8) with scattered B-cells.
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APACHE Proposed alternate name: T‐cell‐rich angiomatoid polypoid pseudolymphoma of the skin
J Cutan Pathol, 2011; 38, 6: 475-82
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Overview• Non-neoplastic
– Circumscribed palmar hypokeratosis– Necrolytic acral erythema– TNF-alpha inhibitor reactions– Bullous acral erythema– APACHE
• Neoplastic– Soft tissue lesions– Miscellaneous
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Soft Tissue Lesions• Superficial acral fibromyxoma (aka digital fibromyxoma)• Cellular digital fibroma• Lipofibromatosis• DFSP• Myxoinflammatory fibroblastic sarcoma (aka inflammatory
myxohyaline tumor of distal extremities)• EWSR1-SMAD3-rearranged fibroblastic tumor• Perineurioma• Clear cell sarcoma• Myoepithelioma/myoepithelial carcinoma
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• 37 cases from 25 m and 12 f, age 14-72• toe [20 cases], finger [13], palm [4]• nail region often affected [16 cases]• 1-5 cm, usually well-delimited• dermal
Human Pathol 2001.
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Histologic features• Moderate cellularity, possible
focal cytologic atypia, but low mitotic activity
• Stellate to spindled firboblasts in myxoid to collagenous stroma
• Minimal inflammation, except mast cells
• EMA, CD34, CD99• NEGATIVE muscle markers,
keratins, S100 protein, HMB45
• Occasional recurrences
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CD34
DDx:• Myxoid DFSP• Myxoid NF• Digital myxoid
pseudocyst• Myxoinflammatory
fibroblastic sarcoma• Myxoid MFH
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“intersecting
“intersecting fascicles of relatively bland CD34-positive spindle cells in fibrous or fibromyxoid stroma”
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• 45 tumors from 32 boys and 12 girls, 11d-12y
• Hand [18 cases], arm [8], leg [7], foor [6], chest [3], abdomen [2], head [1]
• 8 congenital• painless, slow-growing
Lipofibromatosis
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Lipofibromatosis
• 1-7 cm, poorly marginated, infiltrative
• Abundant fat with accompanying fibroblastic proliferation
• Spindled areas with CD34, CD99, SMA variably bcl-2, S100, MSA
• Recurrences common
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Cells reminiscent of lipoblasts in zones where fat and fibroblastic component merge
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Dermatofibrosarcoma Protuberans
• Usually young adults• Recent case series (n=27) on distal extremities and acral sites• CD34+ by IHC• COL1A1-PDGFB gene fusion
Shah K, et al. Dermatofibrosarcoma Protuberans of Distal Extremities and Acral Sites: A Clinicopathologic Analysis of 27 Cases. 2018
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Myxoinflammatory fibroblastic scarcoma
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Inflammatory myxohyaline tumor of distal extremities with virocyte or Reed-Sternberg-like cells: A distinctive lesion with features simulating inflammatory conditions, Hodgkin’s disease, and various sarcomas. Montgomery EA, Devaney KO, Giordano TJ, Weiss SW
Modern Pathology 1998; 11: 384-91.
Acral myxoinflammatory fibroblastic sarcoma. A low grade tumor of the hands and feet
Meis-Kindblom JM, Kindblom L-G.Am J Surg Pathol 1998; 22: 911-24.
2002 WHO name: Myxoinflammatory fibroblastic scarcoma
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Clinical Features
• All ages: range 4-91 yrs (median 45 years)• No sex predilection• Non-tender mass on an extremity (70%
upper and 30% lower)• Recurrence rates vary from 6-67%• Lymph node metastases have been reported
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Myxoinflammatory fibroblastic scarcomaTumor Depth
Tendon 35%Synovium 20%Subcutis 45%
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Histologic features• Dense chronic
inflammatory infiltrate
• Myxomatousadjacent to hyalinized stroma
• Collections of short spindled and rounded epithelioidcells
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• Epithelioid cells may have large, bizarre cells with macronucleoli• Low mitotic index• Lesional cells express CD34, EGFR, and CD163
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Kovarik C, et al J Cutan Pathol 2008
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New Observation
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Michal et al. Am J Surg Path. 2018. 42(10):1325-33.
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ERGMichal et al. Am J Surg Path. 2018. 42(10):1325-33.
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Perineurioma
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Sclerosing perineurioma
• Children and young adults• Well-circumscribed dermal or subcutaneous
nodules on hands (including palms)
Journal of Cutaneous Pathologypages 60-65, 27 JAN 2009
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Epithelioid and spindle cells with wavy nuclei, elongated cytoplasmic processesDense collagenous stroma
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Journal of Cutaneous Pathologypages 60-65, 27 JAN 2009
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Perineurioma, EMA
EMA (100%) CD34 (65%), Glut 1
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Clear Cell Sarcoma
• Young adults, 3rd to 4th decade• 40% involve foot/ankle• Slow-growing lesion• t[12;22] with EWS ATF1 fusion• 37% - 59% mortality • Nodal mets in 50%
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Myoepithelioma
• Recently described in the skin• Painless cutaneous nodule• Involving extremity• Younger patients (22 yrs median age)
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Histologic features
• Epithelioid cells with scant eosinophiliccytoplasm
• Solid, spindled, plasmacytoid, and combinations
• Stroma may vary• CK+, S100+, and SMA+
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S100 AE1/3
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Myoepithelial Carcinoma
• No criteria for malignancy in cutaneous lesions
• Presence of cytologicatypia and increased mitotic index are most important factors
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Overview• Non-neoplastic
– Circumscribed palmar hypokeratosis– Necrolytic acral erythema– TNF-alpha inhibitor reactions– Bullous acral erythema– APACHE
• Neoplastic– Soft tissue lesions– Miscellaneous
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Digital Papillary Adenoma/Adenocarcinoma
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• Strong male predominance• Mean age 43 yrs• All involved a finger or toe, with most involving the
distal part of the digit• Subcutaneous extension in 50% of cases• Histologic features (including presence of
myoepithelial cells) not predictive of outcome
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H&E H&E
CD8 TIA
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Primitive non-neural granular cell tumor (PNGCT)
• 1991 Leboit et al “primitive polypoid granular cell tumor (GCT)”• Two larger series as “PNGCT” and “dermal non-neural GCT” • Not neural or Schwannian in origin, but line of differentiation
remains unknown• Solitary painless nodule most typically on extremity of adult• Typically benign, but one report of a lymph node metastasis has
been documented
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Histologic features
• Relatively circumscribed• No well-developed PEH• Mitotic index from 1-3
per mm2 with occasional atypical forms
• S100-, CD68+, NKI-C3+• EM confirmed
lysosomes
Lewin, et al. J Cutan Pathol, 2011
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Congenital epulis of the newborn
• S100-negative epithelioid granular cells
• Usually involves the alveolar ridge of females
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Suggested reference:
Chalhoub and Al-Rohil, 10 Jan 2019, J Cutan PatholTable showing DDx of spindle cell tumors on acral sites