Soft tissue
General
Staging-unusual sites
Authors: Faizan Malik, M.B.B.S., Michael R. Clay, M.D.
Editor-in-Chief: Debra Zynger, M.D.
Topic Completed: 1 November 2018
Minor changes: 14 July 2020
Copyright: 2018-2019, PathologyOutlines.com, Inc.
PubMed Search: Staging[TIAB] soft tissue sarcomas unusual
Table of Contents
IntroductionCite this page: Malik F, Clay MR. Staging-unusual sites. PathologyOutlines.com website. https://www.pathologyoutlines.com/topic/softtissuestagingunusual.html. Accessed August 14th, 2020.
Pathologic TNM staging of sarcomas with unusual histologies and sites, AJCC 8th edition
Introduction
- This section highlights sarcomas that are difficult to stage or present with unique features that have implications in patient outcomes
- There are a number of soft tissue entities that may be locally aggressive but in general are considered to have a negligible risk of metastatic potential
- They are excluded from the AJCC staging guidelines and include:
- Angiomatoid fibrous histiocytoma
- Atypical fibroxanthoma
- Desmoid tumor
- Giant cell fibroblastoma
- Giant cell tumor of soft tissue
- Hemosiderotic fibrolipomatous tumor
- Kaposiform hemangioendothelioma
- Kaposi sarcoma arising in CNS sites
- Lipofibromatosis
- Pleomorphic hyalinizing angiectatic tumor
- Plexiform fibrohistiocytic tumor
- Superficial fibromatoses
- Please refer to the AJCC staging manual regarding individual tumors addressed in this section and the guidelines related to those lesions (Amin: AJCC Cancer Staging Manual, 8th Edition, 2018)
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