Soft Tissue Tumor Classification
General Type |
Benign Entity |
Malignant Entity |
Fibrous Producing |
Benign Fibrous |
Malignant Fibrous |
(Fibrous Tissue Producing)
|
Calcifying Aponeurotic Fibroma
Dermatofibrosarcoma Protuberans (DFSP)
Desmoplastic Fibroblastoma (Collagenous Fibroma)
Elastofibroma
Fibromatosis
Fibroma of Tendon Sheath
Fibrous Hamartoma of Infancy
Infantile Digital Fibromatosis
(Inclusion Body Fibromatosis)
Myofibroma
Solitary Fibrous Tumor
|
Fibrosarcoma
- Grade 1 (Low Grade)
- Grade 2 (Intermediate)
- Grade 3 (High Grade)
Malignant Fibrous Histiocytoma
(MFH) (aka: Myxoid Fibrosarcoma)
Low Grade Fibromyxoid Sarcoma
Infantile Fibrosarcoma
Myofibrosarcoma
|
Fat Producing |
Benign Fatty |
Malignant Fatty |
|
Lipoma
Angiolipoma
Hibernoma
Lipoblastoma |
Liposarcoma (LS)
Well Differentiated LS
Myxoid Liposarcoma
Round Cell Liposarcoma
Pleomorphic Liposarcoma
Dedifferentiated LS
|
Muscle Origin |
Benign Muscle |
Malignant Muscle |
|
Leiomyoma
Rhabdomyoma |
Leiomyosarcoma
Rhabdomyosarcoma
|
Vascular Origin |
Beningn Vascular |
Malignant Vascular |
(Blood Vessel Origin) |
Hemangioma
Lymphangioma
Glomus Tumor
Kaposiform Hemangio-endothelioma
|
Hemangioendothelioma
Hemangiopericytoma
Angiosarcoma
Infantile Hemangiopericytoma |
Osseous Producing |
Benign Osseous |
Malignant Osseous |
(Bone Producing)
(Osteoid Producing)
|
Myositis Ossificans
Ossifying Fibromyxoid Tumor |
Osteosarcoma (OS)
(Extraskeletal Osteosarcoma) |
Cartilage Producing |
Benign Chondroid |
Malignant Chondroid |
(Chondriod Producing) |
Extraskeletal Chondroma
|
Chondrosarcoma (Extraskeletal)
Myxoid Chondrosarcoma
Mesenchymal Chondrosarcoma
|
Small Round Blue Cell |
Benign Small Round Blue Cell |
Malignant Small Round Blue Cell |
(These tumors do not produce matrix; Non Matrix Producing) |
|
Ewing Sarcoma / PNET
(Extraskeletal Ewing Sarcoma)
Rhabdomyosarcoma
(specific varieties)
Desmoplastic Small Round Blue Cell Tumor
Lymphoma
|
Giant Cell |
Benign Giant Cell |
Malignant Giant Cell |
(rare in soft tissues) |
Giant Cell Tumor (GCT)
Aneurysmal Bone Cyst (ABC)
|
Malignant Giant Cell Tumor |
Neurogenic |
Benign Nervous |
Malignant Nervous |
(Nerve origin; Very rare to occur in bone) |
Schwannoma (aka: Neurilemoma)
Ancient Schwannoma
Neurofibroma
Intraneural Ganglion Cyst
Intraneural Lipoma
|
Malignant Peripheral Nerve-
Sheath Tumor (MPNST)
(aka: Neurofibrosarcoma) |
Synovial/Intraarticular
(Joint Related)
|
Benign Synovial |
Malignant Synovial |
|
Ganglion
Fibroma of Tendon Sheath
Giant Cell Tumor of Tendon-
Sheath (GCT of Tendon Sheath)
Pigmented Villonodular Synovitis
(PVNS)
Synovial Chondromatosis
Synovial Hemangioma
Synovial Lipoma
Synovial Fibroma
|
Malignant PVNS
Synovial Chondrosarcoma
Synovial Liposarcoma |
Miscellaneous Origin/
Unknown Origin |
Benign |
Malignant |
|
Granular Cell Tumor
Myxoma
|
Alveolar Soft Parts Sarcoma
Clear Cell Sarcoma (Melanoma of Soft Parts)
Desmoplastic Small Cell Tumor
Epithelioid Sarcoma
Inflammatory Myxohyaline- Tumor of Distal Extremities
Synovial Sarcoma
|
Pediatric Soft Tissue Tumors |
Benign |
Malignant |
|
Calcifying Aponeurotic Fibroma
Infantile Fibromatosis
Fibrous Hamartoma of Infancy
Infantile Digital Fibromatosis
(Inclusion Body Fibromatosis)
Myofibroma
(Pediatric Myofibromatosis)
Lipoblastoma
Hemangioma
Lymphangioma
Kaposiform Hemangioendothelioma
|
Infantile Fibrosarcoma
Rhabdomyosarcoma
Desmoplastic Small- Cell Tumor
Infantile Hemangiopericytoma |