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ArticleCureus2026

Pseudoendocrine Sarcoma: Unusual Manifestation in the Lower Leg.

Torsten Hansen, Mathias Esser, Reiner Wirbel, Cornelia S L Müller, Abbas Agaimy

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Article in Cureus, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors.

Torsten HansenPathology, Medical Service Center for Histology, Cytology, and Molecular Pathology Trier GmbH, Trier, DEU.
Mathias EsserPathology, Medical Service Center for Histology, Cytology, and Molecular Pathology Trier GmbH, Trier, DEU.
Reiner WirbelOrthopedic Surgery, Verbundkrankenhaus Wittlich, Wittlich, DEU.
Cornelia S L MüllerDermatopathology, Medical Service Center for Histology, Cytology, and Molecular Pathology Trier GmbH, Trier, DEU.
Abbas AgaimyPathology, University Hospital Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Erlangen, DEU.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pseudoendocrine sarcoma is a recently described rare soft tissue neoplasm. The tumor predominantly affects older adults, with the paravertebral soft tissue as a predilection site. We report on an unusual location of pseudoendocrine sarcoma in the right gastrocnemius muscle of a 59-year-old male patient. Histology showed a remarkable neuroendocrine-like morphology. Immunohistochemically, the tumor cells were negative for chromogranin, synaptophysin, and INSM-1 but positive for beta-catenin, CD56, and multifocally for S100. By molecular analysis, an S37F point mutation in exon 3 of the CTNNB1 gene was detected. This case, to our knowledge, illustrates a hitherto unreported location of a pseudoendocrine sarcoma in the lower leg. The relevant differential diagnoses are discussed with special regard to CD56 and S100.

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beta-catenincd56ctnnb1 mutationdifferential diagnosisimmunohistochemistrymolecular pathologyneuroendocrine-likepitfallpseudoendocrine sarcomas100

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PMID41869246
PMCPMC13004007

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