Difference between revisions of "Soft tissue lesions"

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 =Fibroblastic/myofibroblastic tumours=
+==Nodular fasciitis==
+===General===
+*Benign.
+*All age groups.
+*Associated with trauma.
+===Microscopic===
+Features:<ref name=Ref_WMSP606>{{Ref WMSP|606}}</ref>
+*Circumscribed clusters of spindle cells.
+*+/-Mitoses.
+*Inflammation.
+*Microcysts in cellular regions - '''key feature'''.
+Notes:
+*No significant nuclear atypia.
+Images:
+*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Nodular_fasciitis_%281%29.JPG NF - low mag. (WC)].
+*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Nodular_fasciitis_%282%29.JPG NF - high mag. (WC)].
+===Molecular===
+*Evolving - case reports.
+**t(15;15)(q13;q25).<ref name=pmid12606136>{{cite journal |author=Velagaleti GV, Tapper JK, Panova NE, Miettinen M, Gatalica Z |title=Cytogenetic findings in a case of nodular fasciitis of subclavicular region |journal=Cancer Genet. Cytogenet. |volume=141 |issue=2 |pages=160–3 |year=2003 |month=March |pmid=12606136 |doi= |url=}}</ref>
 ==Proliferative fasciitis==