Papillary endothelial hyperplasia (PEH) is a rare soft tissue lesion arising from excessive reactive endothelial cell proliferation described in humans, dogs, and horses. PEH is considered a diagnostic challenge in humans, in which it is frequently misdiagnosed as angiosarcoma. We describe here PEH that developed at injection sites in 2 cats that were initially misdiagnosed as feline injection-site sarcoma by cytology and as subcutaneous angiosarcoma by histopathology. Morphologic features included sharp demarcation from surrounding tissues, and a layered microscopic architecture with an outer fibrous capsule from which emerged fibrovascular stalks covered by a monolayer of factor VIII-related antigen and CD31-positive flat-to-plump endothelial cells. Both lesions had a cystic core containing abundant erythrocytes and fibrin. PEH lesions did not recur in either case. Immunohistochemistry for alpha-smooth muscle actin and desmin demonstrated that the capsule was devoid of smooth muscle cells, excluding an intravascular origin. PEH in these cats was hypothesized to have developed extravascularly following trauma related to injection. We wish to provide awareness of PEH in domestic cats and of the risk of misdiagnoses leading to overtreatment.
Extravascular papillary endothelial hyperplasia mimicking soft tissue sarcoma in 2 cats: a potential diagnostic pitfall / F. Godizzi, M. Caniatti, E. Treggiari, G. Romanelli, U. Bonfanti, G. Ghisleni, P. Roccabianca. - In: JOURNAL OF VETERINARY DIAGNOSTIC INVESTIGATION. - ISSN 1040-6387. - 34:3(2022), pp. 10406387221079845.552-10406387221079845.557. [10.1177/10406387221079845]
Extravascular papillary endothelial hyperplasia mimicking soft tissue sarcoma in 2 cats: a potential diagnostic pitfall
F. Godizzi
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;M. CaniattiSecondo
;P. RoccabiancaUltimo
2022
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Papillary endothelial hyperplasia (PEH) is a rare soft tissue lesion arising from excessive reactive endothelial cell proliferation described in humans, dogs, and horses. PEH is considered a diagnostic challenge in humans, in which it is frequently misdiagnosed as angiosarcoma. We describe here PEH that developed at injection sites in 2 cats that were initially misdiagnosed as feline injection-site sarcoma by cytology and as subcutaneous angiosarcoma by histopathology. Morphologic features included sharp demarcation from surrounding tissues, and a layered microscopic architecture with an outer fibrous capsule from which emerged fibrovascular stalks covered by a monolayer of factor VIII-related antigen and CD31-positive flat-to-plump endothelial cells. Both lesions had a cystic core containing abundant erythrocytes and fibrin. PEH lesions did not recur in either case. Immunohistochemistry for alpha-smooth muscle actin and desmin demonstrated that the capsule was devoid of smooth muscle cells, excluding an intravascular origin. PEH in these cats was hypothesized to have developed extravascularly following trauma related to injection. We wish to provide awareness of PEH in domestic cats and of the risk of misdiagnoses leading to overtreatment.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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