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Some of these were engulfed by
osteoclast-like giant cells. The background was highly vascular and hemorrhagic, with multiple areas of necrosis.
Clear cell sarcomas frequently display tumoral giant cells but lack the
osteoclast-like giant cells of CCSLGT, and up to two-thirds contain melanin pigment.
In Erdheim-Chester disease, the bone marrow is replaced by a proliferation of large, foamy histiocytes embedded in dense fibrous tissue with sparse inflammatory cells and multinucleated,
osteoclast-like giant cells. The lesional cells infiltrate the host trabecular bone, which appears thickened.
To diagnose pleomorphic carcinoma with
osteoclast-like giant cells, extensive sampling may be required to demonstrate carcinomatous areas.
In addition, variable numbers of scattered
osteoclast-like giant cells and brisk osteoblastic rimming of the trabecular bone were noted.
Histologically,
osteoclast-like giant cells, spindle cells, and lymphocytes were haphazardly scattered within a myxoid or collagenized background substance showing chondro-osteoid changes.
A reading of representative hematoxylin-eosin-stained sections revealed the following features common to all cases: (1) the presence of variable numbers of multinucleated
osteoclast-like giant cells within the lesion; (2) a companion population of mononuclear histiocytes, some with deep nuclear clefts or grooves, the karyomorphism of Langerhans cells; and (3) a component of neutrophilic and eosinophilic granulocytes in varying proportions.