by drjamescwittigmd_4dcg6x | Oct 3, 2025 | Soft Tissue, Soft Tissue Benign Fibrous
Elastofibroma is an actual reactive process that presents itself as a tumor. It is fibrous in nature and almost exclusively affects the soft tissues around the scapula. It has been suggested that elastofibromas fevelop as a response to repeated trauma. One-third of...
by drjamescwittigmd_4dcg6x | Oct 3, 2025 | Soft Tissue, Soft Tissue Benign Fibrohistiocytic
GENERAL INFORMATION Dermatofibrosarcoma Protuberans (DFSP) is an infrequent type of malignant skin sarcoma. It arises from the dermis of the skin. DFSP accounts for less than 6% of all soft tissue sarcomas. There are approximately 1000 cases in the United States...
by drjamescwittigmd_4dcg6x | Oct 3, 2025 | Soft Tissue, Soft Tissue Malignant Miscellaneous
GENERAL INFORMATION Clear Cell Sarcoma of Soft tissue is a very rare (1% of all soft tissue sarcomas) and aggressive melanocytic sarcoma that was described for the first time by Enzinger in 1965. It is also referred to as melanoma of soft parts. CLINICAL DATA It is...
by drjamescwittigmd_4dcg6x | Oct 3, 2025 | Soft Tissue
This is a fibroblastic lesion that typically affects children. It consists of large numbers of fibroblasts that form around nodules of calcium or cartilage. Rarely, bone may be present. This is a very uncommon tumor. Almost all calcifying fbromas occur in the hands...
by drjamescwittigmd_4dcg6x | Oct 3, 2025 | Malignant Vascular, Soft Tissue, Soft Tissue Malignant Vascular
GENERAL INFORMATION Angiosarcoma is a rare malignant neoplasm that arises from endothelial cells of blood vessels. Very rare in infant and young adults but has a very poor prognosis. It most typically arises in the setting of chronic lymphedema often caused by...
