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ArticleCureus2022

Ankle Myopericytoma: A Rare Case Report and Cytogenetic Study.

Aqilah T Alqassab, Fatimah Z Alsadah, Tarek Elsharkawy, Mohammad Alhamad, Hassan Alsayed

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Article in Cureus, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 36% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Myopericytoma of the dorsum of the foot: a case report.International journal of surgery case reports · 2026
    Article
  2. Myopericytoma in the oral cavity: a rare case report and literature review.International journal of clinical and experimental pathology · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Aqilah T AlqassabPathology, King Fahd University Hospital, Dammam, SAU.
Fatimah Z AlsadahPathology, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, SAU.
Tarek ElsharkawyPathology, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, SAU.
Mohammad AlhamadPathology, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, SAU.
Hassan AlsayedOrthopedics, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, SAU.
Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University · SAKing Fahd Hospital of the University · SA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Myopericytoma (MPC) is an uncommon benign neoplasm of the skin and soft tissues belonging to a spectrum of tumors that are histologically recognized by their distinctive perivascular myoid cell differentiation. These distinct tumors are more prevalent among middle-aged males, and they arise more frequently in the subcutaneous tissue of the four extremities. In this paper, myopericytoma is reported in a 59-year-old Saudi male, presented with a painless small cyst involving the left ankle suspected clinically to be a ganglion cyst. Following surgical excision of the cyst, the diagnosis of myopericytoma was made based on the histopathological pattern of the disease. This paper focuses on the clinical and histopathological findings of myopericytoma and emphasizes the importance of immunohistochemistry as well as molecular testing in reaching the final diagnosis.

Indexed as

ganglion cystmyofibromamyopericytomapathologypdgfrb

Identifiers

PMID35186568
PMCPMC8849462
OpenAlexW4206689618

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