Research Article

Histopathological Diagnostic Discrepancies in Soft Tissue Tumours Referred to a Specialist Centre: Reassessment in the Era of Ancillary Molecular Diagnosis

Table 2

Summary of cases showing minor discrepancy.

Referral diagnosisFinal diagnosis

MalignantMalignant

DFSPDFSP with fibrosarcoma5
DFSP with fibrosarcomaFibrosarcoma1
DFSP with fibrosarcomaSpindle cell sarcoma1
Malignant SFTFibrosarcoma1
FibrosarcomaMPNST1
Myxoinflammatory fibrosarcoma Myxofibrosarcoma1
Myxoid liposarcomaMyxofibrosarcoma1
Spindle cell sarcomaMyxofibrosarcoma1
RMS NOSEmbryonal RMS1
RMS NOSPleomorphic RMS1
RMS NOSMyoid sarcoma1
Myoid sarcomaPleomorphic RMS1
LeiomyosarcomaMyoid sarcoma4
LeiomyosarcomaSpindle cell sarcoma1
LeiomyosarcomaUndifferentiated neoplasm1
LeiomyosarcomaMyofibrosarcoma1
MPNSTClear cell sarcoma1
Undifferentiated neoplasmClear cell sarcoma1
PEComa, ?atypical features PEComa, malignant2
DDLSpindle cell sarcoma1
SarcomaMalignant neoplasm2
Extraskeletal myxoid chondrosarcomaMalignant neoplasm1

BenignBenign

Spindle cell lesionMyxoma1
Myxoid lesionMyxoma1
Benign neoplasmOssifying fibromyxoid tumour 1
Spindle cell lesionNeurofibroma1
Giant cell tumour of tendon sheathOssifying fibroma1
SFTSchwannoma1
FibrosisBenign smooth muscle tumour 1

GradeGrade

GIST 2GIST 31
GIST 3GIST 21
Spindle cell sarcoma 3Myxofibrosarcoma 21

DFSP: dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans; DDL: dedifferentiated liposarcoma; GIST: gastrointestinal stromal tumour; MPNST: malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumour; NOS: not otherwise specified; RMS: rhabdomyosarcoma; SFT: solitary fibrous tumour.