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Pseudovascular skin squamous cell carcinoma

MedGen UID:
233447
•Concept ID:
C1335974
•
Neoplastic Process
Synonyms: Pseudovascular Skin Squamous Cell Carcinoma; pseudovascular skin squamous cell carcinoma; Skin Pseudovascular Squamous Cell Carcinoma; skin pseudovascular squamous cell carcinoma
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0004469

Definition

A squamous cell carcinoma of the skin histologically resembling a vascular tumor due to extreme acantholysis. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVPseudovascular skin squamous cell carcinoma

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Angiosarcoma at unusual sites. A report of two cases with aspiration cytology and diagnostic pitfalls.
Mullick SS, Mody DR, Schwartz MR
Acta Cytol 1997 May-Jun;41(3):839-44. doi: 10.1159/000332713. PMID: 9167711
Pseudovascular adenoid squamous cell carcinoma of the skin. A neoplasm that may be mistaken for angiosarcoma.
Nappi O, Wick MR, Pettinato G, Ghiselli RW, Swanson PE
Am J Surg Pathol 1992 May;16(5):429-38. doi: 10.1097/00000478-199205000-00001. PMID: 1599022

Diagnosis

Pseudovascular squamous cell carcinoma: A review of the published work and reassessment of prognosis.
Kiyohara T, Miyamoto M, Shijimaya T, Nagano N, Nakamaru S, Makimura K, Tanimura H
J Dermatol 2018 Dec;45(12):1448-1451. Epub 2018 Sep 11 doi: 10.1111/1346-8138.14640. PMID: 30204258
Morphologic mimicry: acantholytic squamous cell carcinoma in nondermal locations-a literature review.
Mohammad M, Wilcox R
Ann N Y Acad Sci 2018 Dec;1434(1):102-108. Epub 2018 May 9 doi: 10.1111/nyas.13675. PMID: 29744885
Pseudoangiosarcomatous squamous cell carcinoma developing on a burn scar: a case report and review of the literature.
Koh SH, Oh SJ, Chun H, Kim SG
Burns 2014 Nov;40(7):e47-52. Epub 2014 Apr 24 doi: 10.1016/j.burns.2014.02.019. PMID: 24768344
Pseudovascular adenoid squamous cell carcinoma of the lung: clinicopathologic study of three cases and comparison with true pleuropulmonary angiosarcoma.
Nappi O, Swanson PE, Wick MR
Hum Pathol 1994 Apr;25(4):373-8. doi: 10.1016/0046-8177(94)90145-7. PMID: 8163270
Pseudovascular adenoid squamous cell carcinoma of the skin. A neoplasm that may be mistaken for angiosarcoma.
Nappi O, Wick MR, Pettinato G, Ghiselli RW, Swanson PE
Am J Surg Pathol 1992 May;16(5):429-38. doi: 10.1097/00000478-199205000-00001. PMID: 1599022

Therapy

Morphologic mimicry: acantholytic squamous cell carcinoma in nondermal locations-a literature review.
Mohammad M, Wilcox R
Ann N Y Acad Sci 2018 Dec;1434(1):102-108. Epub 2018 May 9 doi: 10.1111/nyas.13675. PMID: 29744885

Prognosis

Pseudovascular squamous cell carcinoma: A review of the published work and reassessment of prognosis.
Kiyohara T, Miyamoto M, Shijimaya T, Nagano N, Nakamaru S, Makimura K, Tanimura H
J Dermatol 2018 Dec;45(12):1448-1451. Epub 2018 Sep 11 doi: 10.1111/1346-8138.14640. PMID: 30204258
Pseudoangiosarcomatous squamous cell carcinoma developing on a burn scar: a case report and review of the literature.
Koh SH, Oh SJ, Chun H, Kim SG
Burns 2014 Nov;40(7):e47-52. Epub 2014 Apr 24 doi: 10.1016/j.burns.2014.02.019. PMID: 24768344
Pseudovascular squamous cell carcinoma of the skin.
Nagore E, Sánchez-Motilla JM, Pérez-Vallés A, Martínez-Lahuerta C, Alegre V, Aliaga A
Clin Exp Dermatol 2000 May;25(3):206-8. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2230.2000.00611.x. PMID: 10844496
Fine-needle aspiration cytologic features of pseudovascular adenoid squamous-cell carcinoma of the lung.
Smith AR, Raab SS, Landreneau RJ, Silverman JF
Diagn Cytopathol 1999 Oct;21(4):265-70. doi: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0339(199910)21:4<265::aid-dc7>3.0.co;2-c. PMID: 10495320

Clinical prediction guides

Pseudovascular squamous cell carcinoma: A review of the published work and reassessment of prognosis.
Kiyohara T, Miyamoto M, Shijimaya T, Nagano N, Nakamaru S, Makimura K, Tanimura H
J Dermatol 2018 Dec;45(12):1448-1451. Epub 2018 Sep 11 doi: 10.1111/1346-8138.14640. PMID: 30204258
A case of pseudovascular adenoid squamous cell carcinoma of the skin with spindle cell pattern.
Yamamoto O, Yasuda H
J Dermatol 1997 Sep;24(9):587-94. doi: 10.1111/j.1346-8138.1997.tb02298.x. PMID: 9350106

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