Soft tissue tumors: A clinicopathological assessment
Journal Title: Medpulse International Journal of Pathology - Year 2018, Vol 8, Issue 2
Abstract
Soft tissue tumors are rare, heterogeneous group of mesenchymal neoplasms and constitute fewer than 1% of all cancers. The ratio of benign to malignant soft tissue tumor is 100:1. In United States sarcomas are diagnosed as 0.8% of invasive malignancies per annum and cause 2% of cancer deaths. The main objectives are to study the clinic pathological correlation of soft tissue tumors and their histopathological pattern for the classification and typing of soft tissue tumors. A retrospective study done for a period of one year starting from July 2015 to June 2016 at Yenepoya medical college, Mangalore, a tertiary care hospital. Clinical information and gross findings were taken from the histopathology record section. Haematoxylin and Eosin stained slides were retrieved from pathology archives and light microscopic diagnosis and typing were done according to the recent WHO 2013 classification. Histochemistry and immunohistochemistry were done wherever indicated. There were a total of 93 cases of soft tissue tumors, majority were benign (82.8%) followed by malignant soft tissue tumors (11.8%), with a benign to malignant ratio of 7% and indeterminate soft tissue tumors account for 5.4%. The age distribution of cases range from 8 years -68 years with mean age of 41 years. The male to female ratio of 1.8: 1. The soft tissue tumors had predilection for extremities and head and neck. The more logical and modern histopathological classification and standard nomenclature now offers a better clinio-pathological co-relation of these tumors. The clinicomorphological evaluation is still gold standard for proper diagnosis of soft tissue tumors.
Authors and Affiliations
Subhan Ali R, Farzana T, Nisha T G
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP457198
- DOI 10.26611/1058210
- Views 75
- Downloads 0
Incidence of repeated blood donation - A tertiary care centre in Konkan, Maharashtra, India
Human blood is an essential component of human life which is universally recognized as the most precious element that sustains life. Availability of safe blood and blood components is the critical aspect in improving the...
Evaluation of platelet indices in complicated and non-complicated patients of diabetes mellitus
Background: Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is a metabolic disorder and a major health problem because of its high prevalence and morbidity. Platelets have a key role in development of its thrombogenic complications. Platelet siz...
Prevalence of lung carcinomas in a tertiary care center and correlation with clinicopathological parameters
Background:worldwidepresently Lung cancer is the most common malignant disease (12.34% of all cancers) and the leading cause of cancer deaths (17.8% of all cancer deaths Aims and Objectives:To study prevalence of lung ca...
A cytomorphological analysis of oral mucosal lesions in tobacco users
Aims: 1. To study the effect of tobacco use on oral mucosa 2. To analyse the efficacy of exfoliative cytology as a screening procedure to diagnose various buccal mucosal lesions at an early stage. Methods and Materials:...
A cytological study of salivary gland lesions with fine needle aspiration
Background:A mass in the salivary gland region often are a diagnostic challenge. The present study was conducted to study the non-neoplastic and neoplastic lesions of the enlarged salivary glands by FNAC in patients pres...