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Table of contents
General:architectural patterns books cell types grading histology-blood vessels histology-brown and white adipose histology-fibrous tissue & nerve histology-skeletal muscle soft tissue and bone molecular staging-general staging-abdomen and thorax staging-GIST staging-head and neck staging-retroperitoneum staging-trunk and extremities staging-unusual sites syndromes WHO classification WHO classification-GI mesenchymal tumors
Infections, inflammation & hematoma:hematoma Morton neuroma necrotizing fasciitis tumoral calcinosis
Adipose tissue tumors
Lipoma and variants:lipoma angiolipoma chondroid lipoma myolipoma spindle cell / pleomorphic lipoma
Other benign lesions:hibernoma lipoblastoma / lipoblastomatosis lipoma arborescens lipomatosis lipomatosis of nerve
Liposarcoma:atypical lipomatous tumor / well differentiated liposarcoma atypical spindle cell / pleomorphic lipomatous tumor (pending) dedifferentiated liposarcoma myxoid liposarcoma myxoid pleomorphic liposarcoma pleomorphic liposarcoma
Extraskeletal bone tumors:extraskeletal osteosarcoma soft tissue chondroma
Fibroblastic / myofibroblastic:angiofibroma of soft tissue angiomyofibroblastoma calcifying aponeurotic fibroma calcifying fibrous tumor cellular angiofibroma dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans (DFSP) desmoplastic fibroblastoma elastofibroma EWSR1::SMAD3 positive fibroblastic tumor fibroma of tendon sheath fibro-osseous pseudotumor of digits (pending) fibrous hamartoma of infancy focal myositis Gardner-type fibroma giant cell fibroblastoma inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor intranodal palisaded myofibroblastoma ischemic fasciitis myositis ossificans nodular fasciitis nuchal-type fibroma ossifying fibromyxoid tumor proliferative fasciitis proliferative myositis solitary fibrous tumor superficial acral fibromyxoma superficial CD34+ fibroblastic tumor
fibromatosis:fibromatosis-desmoid fibromatosis-palmar / plantar fibromatosis colli inclusion body fibromatosis juvenile hyaline fibromatosis lipofibromatosis
fibrosarcoma:fibrosarcoma-adult fibrosarcoma-infantile low grade fibromyxoid sarcoma low grade myofibroblastic sarcoma myxofibrosarcoma myxoinflammatory fibroblastic sarcoma sclerosing epithelioid fibrosarcoma
So called fibrohistiocytic:fibrohistiocytic tumors-general deep benign fibrous histiocytoma giant cell tumor of soft tissue plexiform fibrohistiocytic tumor tenosynovial giant cell tumor, localized type tenosynovial giant cell tumour, diffuse type malignant tenosynovial giant cell tumor
Peripheral nerve
Neurofibroma:neurofibroma-general plexiform neurofibroma neurofibromatosis type 1 neurofibromatosis type 2
Other benign:benign triton tumor (pending) ectopic meningioma (pending) hybrid nerve sheath tumor (pending) dermal nerve sheath myxoma granular cell tumor neuroma perineurioma pigmented neuroectodermal tumor of infancy schwannoma solitary circumscribed neuroma (pending)
Malignant:malignant melanotic nerve sheath tumor (pending) malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor (MPNST)
Skeletal muscle:ectomesenchymoma neuromuscular hamartoma
Rhabdomyoma:adult type rhabdomyoma fetal type rhabdomyoma genital type rhabdomyoma
Rhabdomyosarcoma:alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma pleomorphic rhabdomyosarcoma spindle cell / sclerosing rhabdomyosarcoma
Smooth muscle:Epstein-Barr virus associated smooth muscle tumor
Leiomyoma:leiomyoma leiomyoma of deep soft tissue
Leiomyosarcoma:leiomyosarcoma-general inflammatory leiomyosarcoma
Vascular
Nonneoplastic:arteriovenous malformation / hemangioma (pending) bacillary angiomatosis papillary endothelial hyperplasia atypical vascular lesion post radiation
Benign:anastomosing hemangioma cystic / cavernous lymphangioma epithelioid hemangioma hemangioma - overview intramuscular angioma lymphangioendothelioma lymphangioma lymphangiomatosis microvenular hemangioma venous hemangioma
Intermediate (locally aggressive / rarely metastasizing):composite hemangioendothelioma epithelioid hemangioendothelioma kaposiform hemangioendothelioma & tufted angioma Kaposi sarcoma papillary intralymphatic angioendothelioma pseudomyogenic hemangioendothelioma retiform hemangioendothelioma
Malignant:angiosarcoma
Pericytic (perivascular):angioleiomyoma glomus tumor myopericytoma / myofibroma
Uncertain differentiation:alveolar soft part sarcoma angiomatoid fibrous histiocytoma CIC-DUX4 fusion tumor clear cell sarcoma desmoplastic small round cell epithelioid sarcoma extrarenal rhabdoid tumor extraskeletal myxoid chondrosarcoma intimal sarcoma intramuscular myxoma juxta-articular myxoma myoepithelioma / myoepithelial carcinoma / mixed tumor myospherulosis phosphaturic mesenchymal tumor pleomorphic hyalinizing angiectatic tumor synovial sarcoma undifferentiated / unclassified sarcoma
Topics originating in other chapters: Ewing sarcoma perivascular epithelioid cell tumor (PEComa)

Soft tissue stains: brachyury caldesmon CD99 CDK4 D2-40 desmin DOG1 DUX4 ERG FLI1 GLUT1 H3K27me3 HMB45 KIT / CD117 MDM2 MelanA MUC4 MYOD1 myogenin NKX2 S100 SMARCA4 / BRG1 SMARCB1 / IN1 SMA SOX10 STAT6 TFE3 TLE1

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Index (Alphabetical table of contents)
A-E:adult type rhabdomyoma alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma alveolar soft part sarcoma anastomosing hemangioma angiofibroma of soft tissue angioleiomyoma angiolipoma angiomatoid fibrous histiocytoma angiomyofibroblastoma angiosarcoma architectural patterns arteriovenous malformation / hemangioma (pending) atypical lipomatous tumor / well differentiated liposarcoma atypical spindle cell / pleomorphic lipomatous tumor (pending) atypical vascular lesion post radiation bacillary angiomatosis benign triton tumor (pending) calcifying aponeurotic fibroma calcifying fibrous tumor cell types cellular angiofibroma chondroid lipoma CIC-DUX4 fusion tumor clear cell sarcoma composite hemangioendothelioma cystic / cavernous lymphangioma dedifferentiated liposarcoma deep benign fibrous histiocytoma dermal nerve sheath myxoma dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans (DFSP) desmoplastic fibroblastoma desmoplastic small round cell ectomesenchymoma ectopic meningioma (pending) elastofibroma embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma epithelioid hemangioendothelioma epithelioid hemangioma epithelioid sarcoma Epstein-Barr virus associated smooth muscle tumor EWSR1::SMAD3 positive fibroblastic tumor extrarenal rhabdoid tumor extraskeletal myxoid chondrosarcoma extraskeletal osteosarcoma
F-N:fetal type rhabdomyoma fibro-osseous pseudotumor of digits (pending) fibrohistiocytic tumors-general fibroma of tendon sheath fibromatosis colli fibromatosis-desmoid fibromatosis-palmar / plantar fibrosarcoma-adult fibrosarcoma-infantile fibrous hamartoma of infancy focal myositis Gardner-type fibroma genital type rhabdomyoma giant cell fibroblastoma giant cell tumor of soft tissue glomus tumor grading granular cell tumor hemangioma - overview hematoma hibernoma histology-blood vessels histology-brown and white adipose histology-fibrous tissue & nerve histology-skeletal muscle hybrid nerve sheath tumor (pending) inclusion body fibromatosis inflammatory leiomyosarcoma inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor intimal sarcoma intramuscular angioma intramuscular myxoma intranodal palisaded myofibroblastoma ischemic fasciitis juvenile hyaline fibromatosis juxta-articular myxoma Kaposi sarcoma kaposiform hemangioendothelioma & tufted angioma leiomyoma leiomyoma of deep soft tissue leiomyosarcoma-general lipoblastoma / lipoblastomatosis lipofibromatosis lipoma lipoma arborescens lipomatosis lipomatosis of nerve low grade fibromyxoid sarcoma low grade myofibroblastic sarcoma lymphangioendothelioma lymphangioma lymphangiomatosis malignant melanotic nerve sheath tumor (pending) malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor (MPNST) malignant tenosynovial giant cell tumor microvenular hemangioma Morton neuroma myoepithelioma / myoepithelial carcinoma / mixed tumor myolipoma myopericytoma / myofibroma myositis ossificans myospherulosis myxofibrosarcoma myxoid liposarcoma myxoid pleomorphic liposarcoma myxoinflammatory fibroblastic sarcoma necrotizing fasciitis neurofibroma-general neurofibromatosis type 1 neurofibromatosis type 2 neuroma neuromuscular hamartoma nodular fasciitis nuchal-type fibroma
O-Z:ossifying fibromyxoid tumor papillary endothelial hyperplasia papillary intralymphatic angioendothelioma perineurioma phosphaturic mesenchymal tumor pigmented neuroectodermal tumor of infancy pleomorphic hyalinizing angiectatic tumor pleomorphic liposarcoma pleomorphic rhabdomyosarcoma plexiform fibrohistiocytic tumor plexiform neurofibroma proliferative fasciitis proliferative myositis pseudomyogenic hemangioendothelioma retiform hemangioendothelioma schwannoma sclerosing epithelioid fibrosarcoma soft tissue and bone molecular soft tissue chondroma solitary circumscribed neuroma (pending) solitary fibrous tumor spindle cell / pleomorphic lipoma spindle cell / sclerosing rhabdomyosarcoma staging-abdomen and thorax staging-general staging-GIST staging-head and neck staging-retroperitoneum staging-trunk and extremities staging-unusual sites superficial acral fibromyxoma superficial CD34+ fibroblastic tumor syndromes synovial sarcoma tenosynovial giant cell tumor, localized type tenosynovial giant cell tumour, diffuse type tumoral calcinosis undifferentiated / unclassified sarcoma venous hemangioma WHO classification WHO classification-GI mesenchymal tumors
Soft tissue books

Boto: 2016

Fisher: 2015

Goldblum: 2019

Hornick: 2018

IARC: 2020

Jiang: 2021

Lindberg: 2015

Miettinen: 2016

Montgomery: 2018

Paolo Dei Tos : 2019

Perry: 2017



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