Difference between revisions of "Soft tissue lesions"
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==Molecular testing== | ==Molecular testing== | ||
{{Main|Molecular pathology}} | |||
*Molecular testing plays an important role in soft tissue pathology. | *Molecular testing plays an important role in soft tissue pathology. | ||
*It is generally seen as an adjunct test that:<ref name=pmid11454050>{{cite journal |author=Fletcher CD, Fletcher JA, Dal Cin P, Ladanyi M, Woodruff JM |title=Diagnostic gold standard for soft tissue tumours: morphology or molecular genetics? |journal=Histopathology |volume=39 |issue=1 |pages=100–3 |year=2001 |month=July |pmid=11454050 |doi= |url=}}</ref> | *It is generally seen as an adjunct test that:<ref name=pmid11454050>{{cite journal |author=Fletcher CD, Fletcher JA, Dal Cin P, Ladanyi M, Woodruff JM |title=Diagnostic gold standard for soft tissue tumours: morphology or molecular genetics? |journal=Histopathology |volume=39 |issue=1 |pages=100–3 |year=2001 |month=July |pmid=11454050 |doi= |url=}}</ref> | ||
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**Frequently has some prognostic significance. | **Frequently has some prognostic significance. | ||
**May directly affect treatment. | **May directly affect treatment. | ||
===Translocations=== | |||
{{Main|Chromosomal translocations}} | |||
*Many tumours in soft tissue pathology are diagnosed inconjunction with the finding of [[chromosomal translocations]]. | |||
=Adipocytic tumours= | =Adipocytic tumours= | ||