Staghorn vessels
“Antler-like” or “staghorn-like” appearance.
| Staghorn vessels | |
| 1 | classically described with solitary fibrous tumors |
| 2 | staghorn pattern of vascularity |
| 3 | seen on low-power light microscopy. |
| 4 | multiple thin-walled, sharply-branched and jagged vessels |
| 5 | “antler-like” or “staghorn-like” appearance |
staghorn vessels are seen:
- Solitary fibrous tumour/hemangiopericytoma
- Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumour (MPNST)
- Synovial sarcoma
- Myofibroma
Other Conditions where this may be seen
- Mesenchymal chondrosarcoma.
- Infantile fibrosarcoma.
- Pleomorphic undifferentiated sarcoma.
- Leiomyosarcoma.
- Endometrial stromal sarcoma.
- Malignant mesothelioma.
- Thymoma
- Sarcomatoid carcinoma.
- Malignant melanoma.
- Glomus tumour
Prominent staghorn blood vessels.
Metastatic small cell carcinoma of the lung with prominent spindle cell morphology and hemangiopericytoma-like vascular pattern: A sarcoma mimicker – Scientific Figure on ResearchGate. Available from: https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Prominent-staghorn-blood-vessels_fig2_347492554 [accessed 16 Jan, 2023]
