A consecutive 7-year series of 1331 benign soft tissue tumours. Clinicopathologic data. Comparison with sarcomas
Myhre-Jensen, O.
Acta Orthopaedica Scandinavica 52(3): 287-293
1981
ISSN/ISBN: 0001-6470 PMID: 7282321 Document Number: 180868
A consecutive 7 yr series of 1331 benign soft tissue tumors was analyzed and compared with the data of 72 sarcomas diagnosed in the same period. Lipoma was the most frequent benign tumor entity, accounting for almost half the entire series. Different entities had different male to female ratios and preferred locations and differed from sarcomas in this regard. The factors which discriminated most in the clinical diagnosis benign vs. malignant were tumor size and location. At the 1st visit to the general practitioner or surgeon, it is recommended that patients with large (.gtoreq. 50 mm) deep-seated tumors (beneath or fixed to superficial fasciae) or tumors obviously malignant for other reasons (invasion of nerves, vessels or bone) should be transferred, with tumors untouched, to a center for soft tissue sarcomas for diagnosis and treatment.