by drjamescwittigmd_4dcg6x | Oct 3, 2025 | Soft Tissue
GENERAL INFORMATION Tumoral calcinosis is a very rare entity, characterized by large tumorlike calcium deposits and painless mass, arising near to the articular soft tissue areas. Common areas affected are elbows, hips, knees rarely involve hands and feet. No obvious...
by drjamescwittigmd_4dcg6x | Oct 3, 2025 | Soft Tissue
GENERAL INFORMATION Synovial sarcoma is a common soft tissue malignancy accounting for 5 – 10 % of soft tissue sarcomas. Patients with synovial cell sarcoma are often between the ages of 15 and 35 years old; generally younger than patients with other types of soft...
by drjamescwittigmd_4dcg6x | Oct 3, 2025 | Soft Tissue
Synovial chondromatosis is an uncommon, benign, process that occurs in large joints, such as the knee (50%), hip, elbow, or shoulder. This process mainly affects synovium and hence most commonly arises from joints and tendons which are lined by synovium. Synovial...
by drjamescwittigmd_4dcg6x | Oct 3, 2025 | Soft Tissue
GENERAL INFORMATION Solitary fibrous tumor is a rare and usually benign mesenchymal tumor, composed of thick collagen and characteristically has a prominent haemangiopericytoma-like branching vascular pattern. Solitary fibrous tumors usually affect adult group (median...
by drjamescwittigmd_4dcg6x | Oct 3, 2025 | Soft Tissue
GENERAL INFORMATION Rhabdomyosarcoma is a malignant soft tissue tumor (sarcoma) originating from striated skeletal muscle. Although rare, it is one of the more common solid cancerous tumors (sarcoma) affecting children. This entity occurs with same...
by drjamescwittigmd_4dcg6x | Oct 3, 2025 | Soft Tissue
GENERAL INFORMATION Pigmented villonodular synovitis (PVNS) is described as a benign villous or nodular proliferation of synovium. Pigmented villonodular synovitis occurs commonly in the third and fourth decades of life. Also known as diffuse tenosynovial giant cell...
