Case Report
Epithelioid Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumor in the Liver: Report of a Rare Unusual Case with Rhabdoid Morphology and Review of the Literature
Table 1
Histopathologic comparison of MPNST and EMPNST.
| | MPNST | EMPNST |
| Morphology: | Spindle cell predominate | Epithelioid cell predominant | Immunohistochemistry: | | | SOX10 | Patchy positive | Diffusely positive | S100 | Negative to scattered positivity | Diffusely positive | H3K27me3 | Lost in 50% | Retained | SMARCB1/INI1 | Retained | Lost in 50-70% | Inactivating mutations: | | | SMARCB1/INI1 | Absent | Present in 75% | NF1 | Frequent | Occasionally present | NF2 | Rare | Occasionally present | CDKN2A | Frequent | Occasionally present | TP53 | Frequent | Occasionally present | SUZ12 and EED | Frequent | Absent |
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Abbreviations: MPNST: malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor; EMPNST: epithelioid malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor.
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