PRIMARY CUTANEOUS SOLITARY FIBROUS TUMOR WITH ENTRAPPED ECCRINE COMPONENTS.

First described in the pleura, solitary fibrous tumor (SFT) had been subsequently reported in a variety of organ systems. Compared to other anatomic sites, primary cutaneous and superficial SFTs are relatively rare. Although several histologic variants of cutaneous and superficial SFT have been described, a primary cutaneous SFT harboring glandular components has not hitherto been documented in the literature. The current case report described a spindle cell neoplasm of the right finger in a female patient with characteristic morphologic and immunohistochemical features of a solitary fibrous tumor. Unexpectedly, a variety of glandular and ductal components were identified in the SFT. Few hyperplastic lobules of sweat glands demonstrating similar morphology with the intratumor glandular components and composed of secretory coils displaying mucinous metaplasia and ducts were detected in the attached subcutaneous tissue, suggestive of an inductive or obstructive effect of the SFT on the eccrine units. The intratumoral glands and ducts were judged to represent entrapped benign eccrine components from the attached subcutaneous tissue. Since this variant of SFT with entrapped eccrine components could mimic many biphasic epithelial and stromal tumors, pathologists should be aware of this unusual variant of SFT to avoid potential erroneous diagnosis, particularly mistakenly confused with a biphasic synovial sarcoma. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.