Soft tissue
Fibrohistiocytic tumors
General
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PubMed Search: Soft tissue fibrohistiocytic[TI]
Fibrohistiocytic tumors
General
Author: Brendan C. Dickson, M.D., M.Sc.
Topic Completed: 3 October 2019
Minor changes: 6 October 2019
Copyright: 2019, PathologyOutlines.com, Inc.
PubMed Search: Soft tissue fibrohistiocytic[TI]
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Definition / generalCite this page: Dickson B. Fibrohistiocytic tumors - general. PathologyOutlines.com website. https://www.pathologyoutlines.com/topic/softtissuefibrohistiocyticgeneral.html. Accessed May 24th, 2020.
Definition / general
- Due to controversy over the precise lineage of these tumors, these tumors are termed "so called" fibrohistiocytic tumors (Fletcher, WHO Classification of Tumours of Soft Tissue and Bone, 2013)
- Tumors previously called MFH (malignant fibrous histiocytoma) are now called undifferentiated or unclassified sarcoma; they are subclassified based on cell morphology: undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma, spindle cell, epithelioid cell and round cell
- It remains to be seen how this will be modified in the upcoming WHO Classification
