Desmoplastic Small Cell Tumor
Grading / Staging / Report
According to the guidelines of the ADASP, desmoplastic small cell tumor is definitionally high grade
Use TNM Staging
The surgical pathology report should contain or address the following:
- Location
- Type of resection or biopsy
- Histologic diagnosis
- Managerial category IV (widespread disease assumed to be present at outset)
- Grade: definitionally high grade
- Stage
- Size
- Depth (dermis, subcutis, below fascia, body cavity)
- Margins
- Involved
- Not involved
- If under 2 cm give all such distances and sites
- If over 2 cm give minimum distance and site
- Results of supplementary studies if performed
- Relationship to other specimens from the same patient
