Skip to main content

Table 1 Clinical and pathologic features of the reported cases of intravascular fasciitis

From: Intravascular fasciitis involving the flank of a 21-year-old female: a case report and review of the literature

References

#

Age (years) and sex

Location

Gross features

Microscopic features

IHC features of spindle cells

Patchefsky et al. 1981 [1]

17

20.5 (range from 0.5 to 57), 8 F and 9 M

Head and neck (n = 5)

1.5 cm* (range from 0.6 to 5), single, firm, non-tender, immobile mass

Feathery, edematous, myxoid, and hyalinized background, giant cells present in 1/3 cases

N/A

Upper extremity (n = 7)

Trunk (n = 2)

Lower extremity (n = 3)

Freedman et al. 1986 [3]

2

19, M

Right posterior mucobuccal fold

2.5 cm, single, firm mass with ulcer

Myxoid and highly vascular background with rare mitotic figures

N/A

53, M

Left buccal mucosa

2.0 cm, single, firm, immobile mass

Myxoid and locally hyalinized background, no mitotic figures present

N/A

Kahn et al. 1987 [4]

1

20, F

Left lower labial mucosa

1.5 cm, single, firm, immobile mass

Myxoid and highly vascular background, giant cells and mitotic figures present

N/A

Price et al. 1993 [5]

2

17, M

Outer canthus of right eye

2.0 cm, single mass

Myxoid background, giant cells and mitotic figures (Less than 1/HPF) present

N/A

20, M

Subcutis adjacent to eye and beneath orbicularis oculi

1.0 cm, single, firm, non-tender, mobile mass

Myxoid background, giant cells and mitotic figures (Less than 1/HPF) present

N/A

Samaratunga et al. 1996 [2]

1

49, M

Left inguinal region

3.0 cm, single, firm, non-tender mass

Myxoid background with cleft-like spaces, giant cells and mitotic figures (2/10 HPF) present

(+) Vimentin, SMA

(-) LMWK, S100

Beer et al. 1996 [6]

1

18, F

Lateral thigh

2.0 cm, single, tender, mobile mass

Focally myxoid and highly vascular background, mitosis present

(-) SMA, S100

Sticha et al. 1997 [7]

1

4, M

Plantar aspect of right foot

3.0 cm, single, firm, tender, immobile mass

Myxomatous and hyalinized background, giant cell and mitosis present

N/A

Ito et al. 1999 [8]

1

26, M

Flexor side of right forearm

Single, tender mass

Fibrous and vascular background, giant cells and mitotic figures (up to 1/10 HPF) present

(+) Vimentin, SMA

(-) Desmin

Anand et al. 2007 [9]

1

20, F

Hypothenar eminence of right hand

3.0 cm, single, firm, non-tender, mobile mass

Fibrous background, giant cells and mitotic figures present

(+) SMA

(-) S100, desmin

Sugaya et al. 2007 [10]

1

66, M

Medial border of right foot

0.3 cm, single, non-tender, mobile mass

Myxoid background, no giant cells present, rare mitotic figures

(+) Vimentin

(-) SMA, cytokeratin, S100, desmin, CD31, CD34, c-kit

Pantanowitz et al. 2008 [11]

1

17, M

Wrist

1.2 cm, single mass

N/A

N/A

Wang et al. 2009 [12]

1

28, F

Left leg

Multiple, firm, non-tender masses

Myxoid background, no giant cells or mitotic figures present

(+) Vimentin, SMA

(-) Ketatin, S100, desmin

Chi et al. 2012 [13]

1

20, F

Upper lip

0.5 cm, single, firm, non-tender, mobile mass

Giant cells and mitotic figures (11/10 HPF) present

(+) SMA

(-) S100

Reiser et al. 2012 [14]

1

58, F

Right cheek

1.7 cm, single mass

Focally myxoid and highly vascular background, no giant cells present, rare mitotic figures

(+) SMA

Focal (+) Bcl-2

(-) Pankeratin, S100, desmin, EMA

Current case, 2013

1

21, F

Flank

0.5 cm, single mass

Fibrous background, giant cells present with no mitotic figures

(+) SMA

Focal (+) muscle specific actin

      

(-) S100

  1. *Size in greatest dimension.
  2. EMA: epithelial membrane antigen.
  3. HPF: high power field.
  4. LMWK: low molecular weight keratin.
  5. N/A: not applicable.
  6. SMA: smooth muscle actin.