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INFLAMMATORY FIBROID POLYP

LAST UPDATE: 09/11/2024

 

GENERAL

Benign mesenchymal neoplastic polyp from submucosa

found in stomach and small intestine

Associated with PDGFRA mutation

formerly eosinophilic granuloma

SITES

Mainly in pylorus or distal antrum

ETIOLOGY

Can be familial (e.g., Devon polyposis syndrome)

CLINICAL PRESENTATION

Common in 6th-7th decades.

Solitary, small, sessile

​Median size: 1.5 cm, can reach up to 9 cm
Rare association with adenocarcinoma

MICROSCOPY

Submucosal lesion with spindle and stellate cells

Expands submucosa with fibromyxoid stroma

Can infiltrate lamina propria

Loose, edematous, fibromyxoid stroma

Rich in eosinophils and mixed inflammatory infiltrate

Onion-skin arrangement of spindle cells around vessels

Minimal mitotic activity

 

IHC

USUALY Positive: CD34, vimentin
USUALY NEGATIVE: C-KIT, S100, DOG1

EVENTUALY POSITIVE: SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN, FASCIN

MOLECULAR

PDGFRA mutation

Differential diagnosiS

Gastrointestinal stromal tumor (CD117+)

Plexiform fibromyxoma (lacks concentric vessels)

Schwannoma (S100+, peripheral lymphoid cuffing)

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