Bone & soft tissue
Soft-tissue sarcomas
Encyclopedia entries in Soft-tissue sarcomas.
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Soft-tissue sarcomas
Leiomyosarcoma
A malignant tumour of smooth muscle. It can arise in the uterus, retroperitoneum, vessels, or the limbs.
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Soft-tissue sarcomas
Liposarcoma
The most common soft-tissue sarcoma in adults. It arises from fat-forming mesenchymal cells and includes well-differentiated, dedifferentiated, myxoid, and other types.
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Soft-tissue sarcomas
Soft-tissue sarcoma
A rare group of cancers that start in connective tissues such as muscle, fat, nerves, and fibrous tissue, rather than in organs lined by epithelium.
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Soft-tissue sarcomas
Synovial sarcoma
A rare aggressive soft-tissue sarcoma of young adults. Despite the name, it does not start from joint lining. Most cases carry an SS18–SSX gene fusion.
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Soft-tissue sarcomas
Undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma
A high-grade soft-tissue sarcoma diagnosed when no specific line of differentiation can be shown. It was formerly called malignant fibrous histiocytoma.
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Childhood
Undifferentiated rhabdomyosarcoma
A rare aggressive sarcoma of skeletal-muscle lineage that lacks clear rhabdomyoblastic features. It is a diagnosis of exclusion among rhabdomyosarcomas.