Table 1 Clinical, pathologic and molecular findings in 58 lesions.

From: Fibroma of tendon sheath is defined by a USP6 gene fusion—morphologic and molecular reappraisal of the entity

 

FTS

DF

MF

Number of cases (%)

28

23

7

Age, median; range (years)

44; 5–75

55; 42–79

49; 10–56

Sex

   

 Male

19 (68)

12 (52)

6 (86)

 Female

9 (32)

11 (48)

1 (14)

Maximum diameter, median; range (mm)

15; 6–50

23; 12–60

12; 8–22

Location

 Fingers

16

9

5

 Hand/wrist

11

4

1

 Forearm

0

1

0

 Toes

0

2

1

 Foot/ankle

1

6

0

 Unspecified

 

1

 

Lobulation

 Single nodule

7 (25)

19 (83)

1 (14)

 Multilobulated

21 (75)

4 (17)

6 (86)

Circumscription

 Well defined

8 (29)

16 (70)

2 (29)

 At least focally ill-defined

20 (71)

7 (30)

5 (71)

Slit-like vessels at the periphery

28 (100)

4 (17)

7 (100)

Branching vessels

2 (7)

0

5 (71)

Keloid-like fibers

12 (43)

2 (9)

0

Osteoclast-like giant cells

2 (7)

0

5 (71)

Cellularity (% of the lesion, mean; range)

 Hypocellular sclerotic/low

73; 10–100

100; 95–100

37; 10–80

 Medium/high

27; 0–90

0; 0–5

63; 20–90

Mitoses per 10 high power fields (mean; range)

0.3; 0–3

0; 0–0

2.3; 0–6

USP6 fusion (number of positive/tested cases)

17/18

0/5

0/4

PDGFRB hotpot mutation

NP

NP

3/7

FOSL1 (immunohistochemistry)

1/27 (1+)

17/22 (15: 4+; 2:3+)

3/7 (1+)

CD34

1/12 (focally)

1/6 (focally)

0/7

SMA

14/14 (13 diffusely, 1 multifocally)

6/6 (3 focally, 3 multifocally)

7/7 (5 diffusely, 2 focally)

Desmin

1/14 (focally)

0/6

0/7

H-caldesmon

0/6

0/4

0/7

Cytokeratin AE1AE3

0/6

0/4

0/7

S100 protein

0/9

0/4

0/7

Beta-catenin (nuclear)

0/7

0/4

0/7

  1. DF desmoplastic fibroblastoma, FTS fibroma of tendon sheath, MF myofibroma, NP not performed.