Table of Contents

 

 

 

 

List of Contributors

vii

 

Preface to the Fifth Edition

viii

 

Preface to the First Edition

ix

 

Dedication

x

1

General Considerations

1

2

Clinical Evaluation and Treatment of Soft Tissue Tumors   Peter W.T. Pisters

15

3

Radiologic Evaluation of Soft Tissue Tumors   Mark D. Murphey, Mark J. Kransdorf

33

4

Cytogenetic and Molecular Genetic Pathology of Soft Tissue Tumors   Marc Ladanyi, Cristina R. Antonescu, Paola Dal Cin

73

5

Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsy of Soft Tissue Tumors   Kim R. Geisinger, Fadi W. Abdul-Karim

103

6

Approach to the Diagnosis of Soft Tissue Tumors

119

7

Immunohistochemistry for Analysis of Soft Tissue Tumors   Andrew L. Folpe, Allen M. Gown

129

8

Benign Fibroblastic/Myofibroblastic Proliferations

175

9

Fibromatoses

227

10

Fibrous Tumors of Infancy and Childhood

257

11

Fibrosarcoma

303

12

Benign Fibrohistiocytic Tumors

331

13

Fibrohistiocytic Tumors of Intermediate Malignancy

371

14

Malignant Fibrous Histiocytoma (Pleomorphic Undifferentiated Sarcoma)

403

15

Benign Lipomatous Tumors

429

16

Liposarcoma

477

17

Benign Tumors of Smooth Muscle

517

18

Leiomyosarcoma

545

19

Extragastrointestinal Stromal Tumors

565

20

Rhabdomyoma

583

21

Rhabdomyosarcoma

595

22

Benign Tumors and Tumor-Like Lesions of Blood Vessels

633

23

Hemangioendothelioma: Vascular Tumors of Intermediate Malignancy

681

24

Malignant Vascular Tumors

703

25

Tumors of Lymph Vessels

733

26

Perivascular Tumors

751

27

Benign Tumors and Tumor-Like Lesions of Synovial Tissue

769

28

Mesothelioma

789

29

Benign Tumors of Peripheral Nerves

825

30

Malignant Tumors of the Peripheral Nerves

903

31

Ewing’s Sarcoma/PNET Tumor Family and Related Lesions

945

32

Paraganglioma

989

33

Cartilaginous Soft Tissue Tumors

1017

34

Osseous Soft Tissue Tumors

1039

35

Benign Soft Tissue Tumors and Pseudotumors of Uncertain Type

1063

36

Soft Tissue Tumors of Intermediate Malignancy of Uncertain Type

1093

37

Malignant Soft Tissue Tumors of Uncertain Type

1161

 

Index

1221