Gross and Horton (1975) [5] |
46 |
M |
Great saphenous vein |
Painless swelling in neck |
N/M |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Cruickshank (1988) (as cited in Vankalakunti et al. [6]) |
30 |
F |
Uterus |
Diffuse thyroid swelling |
N/M |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Gattuso et al. (1989) [2] |
N/M |
N/M |
Retroperitoneal |
N/M |
Left thyroid/3 cm |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Bode-Lesniewska et al. (1994) [7] |
69 |
F |
Duodenum |
N/M |
5 cm |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Michelow (1995) (as cited in Vankalakunt et al. [6]) |
N/M |
N/M |
Uterus |
Thyroid nodular swelling |
N/M |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Nakhjavani (1997) (as cited in Vankalakunti et al. [6]) |
N/M |
N/M |
Uterus |
N/M |
N/M |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Wang et al. (1998) [8] |
63 |
F |
Left leg |
Rapidly progressive enlargement of the neck |
N/M |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Chen et al. 1999) [9] |
N/M |
N/M |
Stomach |
N/M |
Unilateral |
Anaplastic, malignant spindle cell tumor |
N/D |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Leath et al. (2002) [10] |
5th decade |
F |
Uterus |
Postmenopausal bleeding |
Diffuse and numerous/up to 2.9 cm |
N/D |
Smooth muscle cells with atypia and mitotic figures |
N/D |
Strong positive |
Focal positive |
N/D |
N/D |
N/D |
N/D |
D’Andrea et al. (2003) [11] |
60 |
F |
Pulmonary artery |
Dyspnea and hemoptysis |
Both thyroid/up to 4.7 cm |
N/D |
N/D |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Deng et al. (2005) [12] |
N/M |
N/M |
Leg |
N/M |
N/M |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Giannikaki et al. (2006) [13] |
54 |
F |
Uterus |
Single “cold” nodule in the right thyroid |
Right thyroid/0.12 cm co-existing with PTC |
N/D |
Spindle cells with prominent nuclear atypia and mitoses |
N/D |
Positive |
Positive |
N/D |
N/D |
Negative |
N/D |
Eloy et al. (2007) [14] |
54 |
F |
Uterus |
Rapidly enlarging and painful left neck mass |
Left thyroid/2.5 cm |
Consistent with a sarcomatous lesion |
Large cells with hypercellularity, nuclear atypia, and pleomorphism with atypical mitoses |
Positive |
Negative |
Negative |
N/D |
Negative |
Negative |
Negative |
Nemenqani et al. (2010) [1] |
86 |
F |
Pelvic soft tissue |
Right thyroid swelling |
Right thyroid |
Hypercellular spindle cell proliferation arranged in sheets mixed with stroma; marked pleomorphism; large hyperchromatic nuclei; numerous mitoses |
Numerous mitoses and bizarre nuclei |
Positive |
Negative |
Positive |
Negative |
Negative |
Negative |
Negative |
Young et al. (2011) [15] |
55 |
F |
Lung |
Cough |
N/M |
N/D |
Fascicular pattern of spindle-shaped cells with increased cellularity and hyperchromatic, bizarre, malformed, and megakaryocytic nuclei |
Positive |
Focal positive |
Positive |
Negative |
Negative |
N/D |
N/D |
Gauthe et al. (2017) [16] |
47 |
F |
Uterus |
Fast growing thyroid nodule |
N/M |
N/D |
N/D |
N/D |
N/D |
N/D |
N/D |
N/D |
N/D |
N/D |
Golovko et al. (2020) [17] |
65 |
F |
Vagina |
Multinodular toxic goiter |
Right thyroid |
Suggestive of the benign thyroid lesion |
Consistent with metastatic vaginal leiomyosarcoma |
N/D |
N/D |
N/D |
N/D |
N/D |
N/D |
N/D |
Irizarry-Villafane et al. (2020) [18] |
47 |
F |
Uterus |
Neck discomfort |
Left upper lobe/2.4 cm |
Marked cellularity of atypical spindle cells, dyscohesive, and in tissue aggregates with some binucleated cells |
Spindle cell tumor with frequent mitotic figures |
N/D |
Positive |
Positive |
N/D |
N/D |
Negative |
Negative |