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Semin Musculoskelet Radiol 2020; 24(06): 645-666
DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1713606
Review Article

Non-neoplastic Soft Tissue Tumors and Tumor-like Lesions

Amit Shah 
1   Department of Radiology, University Hospitals of Leicester, Leicester, Leicestershire, United Kingdom
,
Kethesparan Paramesparan
1   Department of Radiology, University Hospitals of Leicester, Leicester, Leicestershire, United Kingdom
,
Philip Robinson
2   Musculoskeletal Centre X-Ray Department, Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust, Chapel Allerton Hospital, Leeds, United Kingdom
,
Winston J. Rennie
1   Department of Radiology, University Hospitals of Leicester, Leicester, Leicestershire, United Kingdom
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Abstract

Clinicians are commonly faced with patients presenting with a solitary palpable soft tissue mass. Most soft tissue lesions are benign, and not every mass is due to a neoplastic process. Many pathologies can mimic a malignant tumor. Despite appropriate clinicoradiologic assessment, these lesions can be mistaken for a soft tissue sarcoma and can lead to multiple investigations or an intervention, inconveniencing patients and leading to an increased health care cost. With the relevant clinical history, clinical examination, and specific imaging characteristics, the diagnosis can be narrowed. We present a pictorial review of soft tissue sarcoma mimics with guidance on appropriate differential diagnoses.

Keywords

non-neoplastic tumors - tumorlike lesions - pseudotumors - soft tissue sarcoma - tumor mimic


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Article published online:
11 December 2020

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