Correspondence: Katherine A Thornton Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA Email [email protected] Introduction: Soft tissue sarcoma accounts for less than 1% of all malignant neoplasms and is comprised of a very heterogeneous group of tumors with over 50 different subtypes. Due to its diversity and rarity, developing new therapeutics has ...

Lipomas are common benign soft tissue neoplasms of mature adipose tissue. Most of lipomas develop in the subcutaneous tissues but deeper tissues may be involved as well; the oral cavity is not commonly affected. The overall incidence in the oral cavity is thought to be between 1% and 4.4% of all benign oral lesions. Oral lipomas can occur in various anatomic sites including the major salivary g...

Lipomas are very common benign slow-growing soft tissue neoplasms composed of mature adipose tissue mostly diagnosed in the fifth decade of life. These tumors rarely present in the oral cavity, representing less than approximately 5% of all benign mouth tumors. They are usually less than 2cm in size and etiology remains unclear. We report a young male patient presenting with a giant lipoma in t...

Soft tissue sarcomas are rare biologically and histologically heterogeneous neoplasms that may arise throughout the body. The preferred treatment is total resection with a sufficient margin. Radiotherapy with or without chemotherapy offers another treatment option, but its effectiveness is limited. Hyperthermia, a treatment method that heats tumour tissue by exposing the target tissues to condu...

Mesenchymal soft tissue masses are uncommon tumours of the chest. Myofibroblastoma is a recently described entity consisting of cells with origin from the myoepethelial cell, mostly seen as benign well-circumscribed neoplasms of the breast tissue. Though usually classified as a benign lesion, rarely it can be multifocal and prone to recurrence. We describe below the case of a 26-year-old female...

Lipomas are rare, benign tumours of mesenchymal origin, representing 1 – 5% of all benign oral tumors. Clinically, intraoral lipomas present as slow growing, soft, asymptomatic mass. Histopathologically, they are composed predominantly of mature adipocytes admixed with collagenous tissue and may be surrounded by a thin fibrous capsule. Their diagnostic importance lies in the distinction from ot...

The lipoma is a relatively rare intraoral tumor, although it occurs with considerable frequency in other areas, particularly in the subcutaneous tissues of the neck. Lipomas are common benign soft tissue neoplasms of mature adipose tissue. They have been known to grow to large sizes causing mastication and speech difficulties. The usual lesions consist of a well circumscribed, lobulated mass of...

Lipomas are the most common and benign soft tissue neoplasms that can occur throughout body. Intraabdominal lipomas, especially those located in preperitoneal region, very rarely detected. These lipomas be manifested with discomfort or bloating, pain palpable mass abdomen, many of them detected incidentally during a radiological examination surgery for different reason. Surgical resection is ne...