Soft tissue masses for the general orthopedic surgeon

Edward W Jernigan; Robert J Esther

doi:10.1016/j.ocl.2015.02.009

Soft tissue masses for the general orthopedic surgeon

Orthop Clin North Am. 2015 Jul;46(3):417-28, xi. doi: 10.1016/j.ocl.2015.02.009. Epub 2015 Apr 11.

Authors

Edward W Jernigan¹, Robert J Esther²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Orthopaedics, UNC School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, 3147 Bioinformatics Building, 130 Mason Farm Road, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7055, USA.
² Department of Orthopaedics, University of North Carolina, Campus Box 7055, 3155 Bioinformatics Building, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA. Electronic address: bob@med.unc.edu.

PMID: 26043055
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocl.2015.02.009

Abstract

Soft tissue sarcomas are a rare, heterogeneous group of malignancies that should be included in the differential diagnosis for any patient presenting with a soft tissue mass. This article reviews strategies for differentiating between benign and malignant soft tissue masses. Epidemiology, appropriate workup, and treatment of soft tissue sarcomas are reviewed.

Keywords: Soft tissue mass; Soft tissue sarcoma of extremities; Tumor; Unplanned resection.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Diagnosis, Differential
Diagnostic Imaging / methods*
Disease-Free Survival
Female
Humans
Lipoma / pathology
Lipoma / surgery
Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods
Male
Middle Aged
Myositis Ossificans / pathology
Myositis Ossificans / surgery
Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / mortality
Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / pathology*
Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / surgery
Neurofibroma / diagnosis
Neurofibroma / diagnostic imaging
Orthopedics / methods*
Risk Assessment
Sarcoma / mortality
Sarcoma / pathology*
Sarcoma / surgery
Soft Tissue Neoplasms / mortality
Soft Tissue Neoplasms / pathology*
Soft Tissue Neoplasms / surgery
Survival Analysis
Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods