Table 3 Differential diagnosis
Clinical manifestations | Pathological features | ||
|---|---|---|---|
General features | Microscopic features | ||
Castleman’s disease | Asymptomatic; may associated with autoimmune diseases; divided into unicentric type and multicentric type | Well-circumscribed, encapsulated mass, reddish-brown | Divided into hyaline-vascular type, plasma cell type and mixed type |
Liposarcoma | Deep, painless, gradually grew tumor | Lobulated, multi-nodular, well defined | Divided into well-differentiated type, dedifferentiated type, myxoid type and pleomorphic type |
Pheochromocytoma | High blood pressure, headaches, palpitations, high metabolic state, high blood sugar, sweating | Roundly, brown-yellow, internal hemorrhage, necrosis or cystic degeneration | Large irregular polygon cells, cells can be stained by chromium salts |
Metastasis tumor | Different performances because of different primary tumors, lack of specificity | Various | Various |