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Soft Tissue Tumors, Part 2
Fibrohistiocytic and Adipose tissue tumors
Last major update June 2009 - next update June 2010
Last revised 26 June 2009
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Reviewed by David Lucas, M.D. in January 2009 (see Reviewers page)
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Fibrohistiocytic: general, atypical fibrous histiocytoma, atypical fibroxanthoma, benign fibrous histiocytoma (superficial), BFH variants: aneurysmal, angiomatoid, atypical, cellular, epithelioid, juvenile xanthogranuloma
deep benign fibrous histiocytoma, giant cell tumor of soft tissue, giant cell tumor of tendon sheath-diffuse, giant cell tumor of tendon sheath-localized, MFH-giant cell, MFH-inflammatory, MFH-pleomorphic, pleomorphic hyalinizing angiectatic tumor, plexiform fibrohistiocytic tumor
Adipose tissue-benign: embryology & physiology, white fat, brown fat
lipoma and variants: lipoma, angiolipoma, chondroid, fibrolipoma, intramuscular, lipoma arborescens, lipoma of tendon sheath, lipomatosis, lipomatosis of nerve, lumbosacral, myolipoma, myxoid, nevus lipomatosus, pelvic, pleomorphic/spindle cell
other benign lesions: hemosiderotic fibrohistiocytic lipomatous lesion, hibernoma, lipoblastoma, subconjunctival herniated orbital fat
Adipose tissue-liposarcoma: general, atypical lipomatous tumor/well differentiated, variants: inflammatory, lipoleiomyosarcoma, dedifferentiated, myxoid-general, myxoid-well differentiated, myxoid-round cell, pleomorphic, mixed type, sclerosing poorly differentiated
Index (table of contents in alphabetical order)
A-F: adipose tissue-embryology & physiology, angiolipoma, atypical fibrous histiocytoma, atypical fibroxanthoma, atypical lipomatous tumor/well differentiated liposarcoma, benign fibrous histiocytoma (superficial), BFH-aneurysmal, BFH- angiomatoid, BFH-atypical, BFH-cellular, BFH-epithelioid, BFH-juvenile xanthogranuloma, brown fat, chondroid lipoma, dedifferentiated liposarcoma, deep benign fibrous histiocytoma, fibrohistiocytic tumors-general, fibrolipoma
G-L: giant cell tumor of soft tissue, giant cell tumor of tendon sheath-diffuse, giant cell tumor of tendon sheath-localized, hemosiderotic fibrohistiocytic lipomatous lesion, hibernoma, inflammatory liposarcoma, intramuscular lipoma, lipoblastoma, lipoleiomyosarcoma, lipoma, lipoma arborescens, lipoma of tendon sheath, lipomatosis, lipomatosis of nerve, liposarcoma-general, lumbosacral lipoma
M-Z: MFH-giant cell, MFH-inflammatory, MFH-pleomorphic, mixed type liposarcoma, myolipoma, myxoid lipoma, myxoid liposarcoma-general, myxoid-well differentiated liposarcoma, myxoid-round cell liposarcoma, nevus lipomatosus, pelvic lipoma, pleomorphic hyalinizing angiectatic tumor, pleomorphic liposarcoma, pleomorphic/spindle cell lipoma, plexiform fibrohistiocytic tumor, sclerosing poorly differentiated liposarcoma, subconjunctival herniated orbital fat, white fat
Go to Soft Tissue Tumors Part 1 - Introduction, Infections & Fibroblastic / myofibroblastic tumors
Go to Soft Tissue Tumors Part 3 - Muscle, Vascular, Nerve, Other
Primary references - Soft tissue tumors Part 2
American Journal of Clinical Pathology (AJCP) [free full text and no registration after 1 year], January 2000 to June 2009
American Journal of Surgical Pathology (AJSP), January 2000 to June 2009
Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (Archives) [always free full text and no registration]; January 1999 to May 2009
Biomed Central [always free full text and no registration]; 24 July 2001 to 27 May 2009
Human Pathology (Hum Path), January 2000 to June 2009
Modern Pathology (Mod Path) [free full text and no registration after 1 year]; Jan 2000 to May 2009
Fletcher: Pathology and Genetics of Tumours of Soft Tissue and Bone (AFIP 3rd Series, Vol 30), 2004
Fletcher:
Pathology and Genetics of Tumours of Soft Tissue and Bone (WHO, Vol 5), 2002
Rosai,
J: Ackerman’s Surgical Pathology (9th Ed, 2004)
Sternberg, S: Diagnostic Surgical Pathology (4th Ed, 2004)
Websites with images: PathoPic, virtual slides - USCAP
Journal search terms: each disease entity listed
Please refer to these primary references for more detailed discussions and photographs
End of Soft Tissue Tumors Part 2 - Fibrohistiocytic and Adipose tissue tumors