Difference between revisions of "Soft tissue lesions"

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 =Fibrohistiocytic tumours=
-==Undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma==
+==Pleomorphic undifferentiated sarcoma==
-*Abbreviated ''UPS''.
+*Abbreviated ''PUS''.
-*Previously known as ''malignant fibrous histiocytoma''.<ref>URL: [http://sarcomahelp.org/learning_center/mfh.html http://sarcomahelp.org/learning_center/mfh.html]. Accessed on: 8 April 2011.</ref>
+*[[AKA]] ''Undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma''.
+*Previously known as ''malignant fibrous histiocytoma'', abbreviated ''MFH''.<ref>URL: [http://sarcomahelp.org/learning_center/mfh.html http://sarcomahelp.org/learning_center/mfh.html]. Accessed on: 8 April 2011.</ref>
 ===General===
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 ====Subclassification====
-UPS is subclassified the following way:<ref name=Ref_WMSP_613-4>{{Ref WMSP|613-4}}</ref>
+Pleomorphic sarcoma (PS) is subclassified the following way:<ref name=Ref_WMSP_613-4>{{Ref WMSP|613-4}}</ref>
-*UPS with giant cells.
+*PS with giant cells.
-*UPS with inflammation.
+*PS with inflammation.
-*UPS not otherwise specified (NOS) - wastebasket diagnosis; if neither of the above two apply.
+*PUS (not otherwise specified) - wastebasket diagnosis; if neither of the above two apply.
 =Fibroblastic/myofibroblastic tumours=