by drjamescwittigmd_4dcg6x | Oct 3, 2025 | Benign, Benign Chondroid, Childhood Sarcomas
General Information Enchondroma is a benign indolent intramedullary hyaline cartilage neoplasm Accounts for 10% of all benign osseous tumors Limited growth, most lesions are less than 5 cm in maximal dimension Bones grow from a cartilaginous growth plate that...
by drjamescwittigmd_4dcg6x | Oct 3, 2025 | Malignant Myogenic, Malignant Smooth Muscle, Soft Tissue, Tumor Classification
GENERAL INFORMATION Leimyosarcoma is a rare malignant spindle cell tumor (sarcoma) composed of cells which demonstrate smooth muscle differentiation. Almost 50% percent affect the retroperitoneum. Leiomyosarcoma have been subdivided into 3 categories: leiomyosarcoma...
by drjamescwittigmd_4dcg6x | Oct 3, 2025 | Benign, Benign Chondroid, Childhood Sarcomas
General Information Codman Tumor (old historical name for chondroblastoma) Cartilage Containing Giant Cell Tumor (Kolodney 1972) Calcifying Giant Cell Tumor (Ewing 1928) Clinical Data Rare; 1-2% all bone tumors Male predilection (2:1) Children and young adults; 90%...
by drjamescwittigmd_4dcg6x | Oct 3, 2025 | Malignant Fibrous, Soft Tissue, Soft Tissue Malignant Fibrous
GENERAL INFORMATION A fibrosarcoma is a malignant (cancerous) spindle cell neoplasm originating from fibroblasts that shows no other evidence of differentiation. The spindle cells are usually uniform and show minimal pleomorphism depending on the grade of...
by drjamescwittigmd_4dcg6x | Oct 3, 2025 | Benign Fibrous, Soft Tissue, Soft Tissue Benign Fibrous
Deep fibromatoses include extraabdominal fibromatosis, or extraabdominal desmoid tumors. The deep fibromatoses are tumors that have the capacity for infiltration and recurrence. The are locally aggressive in nature and may be uncontrollable. They do not metastasize....
by drjamescwittigmd_4dcg6x | Oct 3, 2025 | Malignant Small Round Blue Cell, Soft Tissue, Soft Tissue Malignant Miscellaneous
GENERAL INFORMATION Extraskeletal Ewing Sarcoma (EES) is a malignant small round-blue cell tumor than arises most often in Children and adolescents. Tefft et al in 1969 described the first series of Extraskeletal Ewing Sarcoma that arose from the...
