Biopsy interpretation of soft tissue tumors

• Main Authors: Fisher, Cyril (Author), Montgomery, Elizabeth 1958- Elizabeth A. (Author), Thway, Khin (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Philadelphia Wolters Kluwer/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Health 2011
• Series: Biopsy interpretation series
• Subjects: Soft Tissue Neoplasms > pathology; Soft Tissue Neoplasms > diagnosis; Biopsy > methods; Diagnosis, Differential > pathology
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Biopsy Interpretation of Soft Tissue Tumors is a practical guide and bench reference for surgical pathologists for the interpretation of soft tissue biopsies, including open and percutaneous core needle biopsies. Each chapter guides readers in a logical way, with the key differential diagnostic feat...

Table of Contents:

• Biopsy techniques, diagnositc methods, and reporting
• Benign and intermediate fibrosing lesions
• Cellular benign and intermediate lesions of fibroblasts and myofibroblasts
• Cutaneous spindle cell lesions
• Intra-abdominal spindle cell lesions
• Smooth muscle tumors
• Myofibroma, myopericytic tumors, myoepithelioma, and myofibroblastoma
• Tumors of specialized lower genital tract mesenchyme
• Benign peripheral nerve sheath tumors
• Spindle cell sarcomas
• Epithelioid tumors of soft tissue
• Soft tissue lesions with clear or granular cells
• Pleomorphic soft tissue tumors
• Small round cell tumors
• Benign adipose tissue tumors
• Osteochondroid lesions of soft tissue
• Myxoid tumors of superficial soft tissue
• Myxoid tumors of deep soft tissue
• Plexiform soft tissue tumors
• Soft tissue tumors with giant cells.