Recent entities in soft tissue tumor pathology. Part 2
Genevay, M.; Coindre, J-Michel.; Guillou, L.
Annales de Pathologie 23(2): 135-148
2003
ISSN/ISBN: 0242-6498 PMID: 12843968 Document Number: 558824
The second part of this review on the pathology of soft tissue tumors focuses on malignant entities of recent description, including the following: soft tissue giant cell tumor, inflammatory myxohyaline tumor, inflammatory fibroblastic sarcoma, low grade fibromyxoid Evans sarcoma and its variant, the hyalinizing spindle cell tumor with giant rosettes, spindle cell liposarcoma, proximal type epithelioid sarcoma, sclerosing epithelioid fibrosarcoma. For each entity, the diagnostic criteria, the clinical presentation and the differential diagnosis are described. The role of immunohistochemistry and molecular pathology in the identification and delineation of these new entities is emphasized.