Soft tissue tumors: Soft tissue leiomyosarcoma
نویسندگان
چکیده
منابع مشابه
Soft Tissue and Uterine Leiomyosarcoma.
Leiomyosarcoma (LMS) is one of the most common subtypes of soft tissue sarcoma in adults and can occur in almost any part of the body. Uterine leiomyosarcoma is the most common subtype of uterine sarcoma. Increased awareness of this unique histology has allowed for the development of drugs that are specific to LMS and has begun to shed light on the similarities and possible unique aspects of so...
متن کاملMetastatic Soft Tissue Tumors
Between 1998 and 2007, we treated 157 patients with malignant soft tissue tumors. Patients with obvious lymph node metastasis, metastasis from bone or soft tissue sarcoma, and with obvious advanced stage disease which had multiple metastases were excluded from the present analysis. Finally, sixteen of the 157 patients were diagnosed to have soft tissue metastasis from carcinomas or hematopoieti...
متن کاملSoft tissue tumors: Elastofibroma
The etiology of this lesion remains unclear. It seems likely that the pseudotumor mass is the product of abnormal elastogenesis rather than of degeneration of preformed fibers. It has been suggested that repeated trauma by mechanical friction of the scapula against the ribs may induce the tumorlike process, since there is an increased prevalence in persons having a history of hard manual labor....
متن کاملImaging of soft-tissue tumors.
The objective of this review is to highlight the major imaging characteristics of the main soft-tissue sarcoma histotypes observed in the group "Sarcomi" of the Istituto Oncologico Veneto in the last 5 years. A literature review was performed using PubMed and textbooks. Radiological imaging can guide the diagnosis for the subset of lesions that have typical clinical and imaging features. Soft-t...
متن کاملOverview of Soft Tissue Tumors
Soft tissue tumors are generally defined as tumors of connective tissues, including nonosseous sarcomas, benign mesenchymal tumors, and tumor-like proliferations. These tumors are usually considered to include non-osseous tumors of the extremities, trunk wall, intraabdominal and intrathoracic space, and head and neck, although definitions vary. Generally excluded from this definition are nonmes...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Atlas of Genetics and Cytogenetics in Oncology and Haematology
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1768-3262
DOI: 10.4267/2042/38165