Mechanism of pain and cytoskeletal properties in angioleiomyomas: an immunohistochemical study.

Abstract:

:Angioleiomyoma is a solitary subcutaneous tumor characterized by pain in about half of patients with this tumor, and the pathogenesis of this pain has been a cause of much debate. To clarify the mechanism of pain and cytoskeletal property of tumor cells, 50 angioleiomyomas were studied clinicopathologically and immunohistochemically. The tumors occurred preferentially on the extremities, particularly the lower leg (46%), and the female to male ratio was 1.9:1. They were classified into three histological subtypes: (i) solid (30 cases); (ii) venous (15 cases); and (iii) cavernous (five cases). The pain and/or tenderness were present in 26 out of 49 patients (52%), in which small nerve fibers immunoreactive for S-100 protein and PGP9.5 were identified within the capsule of 20 tumors (77%) and the tumor stroma of 18 (69%), irrespective of the histological subtypes. In 24 patients where the pain was absent or unknown, nerves were observed within the capsule of 19 tumors (79%) and tumor parenchyma of 10 (42%). Many cells in all 50 tumors were positive for alpha-smooth muscle actin, and a relatively large number of cells in many tumors were positive for vimentin, desmin and collagen type IV. Also, cytokeratin (CAM5.2) reactivity was scattered in a few cells of four tumors. From these findings, the peculiar pain of angioleiomyomas could be mediated by the nerve fibers especially located within the tumor parenchyma. Although the expression of intermediate filaments in angioleiomyomas was heterogeneous, the overall cytoskeletal features were of smooth muscle cell differentiation.

journal_name

Pathol Int

journal_title

Pathology international

authors

Hasegawa T,Seki K,Yang P,Hirose T,Hizawa K

doi

10.1111/j.1440-1827.1994.tb02587.x

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1994-01-01 00:00:00

pages

66-72

issue

1

eissn

1320-5463

issn

1440-1827

journal_volume

44

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