Low Grade Fibromyxoid Sarcoma
Supplemental Studies
Immunohistology
| MUC4 |
100% strong diffuse positive (Doyle 2011) |
| Vimentin |
positive |
| Smooth muscle actin |
occasional focal weak positive |
| Desmin |
occasional focal weak positive |
| Keratin |
occasional focal weak positive |
| S100 |
occasional focal weak positive, may be positive in cells surrounding rosettes |
| CD34 |
occasional focal weak positive |
| EMA |
occasional focal weak positive |
MUC4 also stains 78% of
sclerosing epithelioid fibrosarcoma
Genetic analysis
- Translocations involving fus t(7;17) and rarely t(11;17) seen in >90%