Phosphaturic mesenchymal tumor: a report of 6 patients treated at a single institution and comparison with reported series.

Osteogenic osteomalacia (OO)-associated phosphaturic mesenchymal tumors (PMTs) might represent a single histopathologic paraneoplastic entity. These tumors are largely misunderstood, ignored, or unknown by pathologists and clinicians. To elucidate the characteristics of OO-associated PMTs, we retrospectively analyzed the clinicopathologic features of PMTs from 6 patients, with either known OO or features suggestive of PMT-mixed connective tissue variant, who were studied and managed at a single center during the period from 1993 to 2011.

Malignant granular cell tumor: case report with a novel karyotype and review of the literature.

Malignant granular cell tumor is a rare neoplasm reported to occur at various sites in the body. Histogenesis of these tumors is still vaguely understood; however, their metastatic potential and adverse prognosis is well-described in the literature. The histologic criteria of malignancy proposed by Fanburg-Smith et al are still debatable amongst pathologists, with metastasis being the sole criterion of malignancy with unanimous agreement.