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SOFT TISSUE TUMORS
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SOFT TISSUE TUMORS
• The cause of most soft tissue tumors is unknown.
• The majority of soft tissue tumors occur
sporadically, but a small minority is associated with
genetic syndromes
1. neurofibromatosis type 1 (neurofibroma, malignant
schwannoma),
2. Gardner syndrome (fibromatosis),
3. Li-Fraumeni syndrome (soft tissue sarcoma),
4. Osler-Weber-Rendu syndrome (telangiectasia)
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SOFT TISSUE TUMORS
There are documented associations, between
radiation therapy and rare instances in which
chemical burns, thermal burns, or trauma
were associated with subsequent
development of a sarcoma.
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SOFT TISSUE TUMORS
• Exposure to phenoxyherbicides and
chlorophenols has also been implicated in
some cases.
• Kaposi sarcoma is causally associated with the
human herpesvirus 8; (viruses are probably
not important in the pathogenesis of most
sarcomas)
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SOFT TISSUE TUMORS
Soft tissue tumors may arise in any location,
• approximately 40% occur in the lower extremities,
especially the thigh;
• 20% in the upper extremities;
• 10% in the head and neck;
• and 30% in the trunk and retroperitoneum.
Regarding sarcomas, males are affected more
frequently than females , and the incidence generally
increases with age.
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SOFT TISSUE TUMORS
• Tumors of adipose tissue • Vascular tumors
Lipomas Hemangioma
Liposarcoma Lymphangioma
• Tumors and tumor-like lesions of Hemangioendothelioma
fibrous tissue Hemangiopericytoma
Nodular fasciitis,
Angiosarcoma
Fibromatoses
Superficial fibromatoses • Peripheral nerve tumors
Deep fibromatoses Neurofibroma
Fibrosarcoma Schwannoma
• Fibrohistiocytic tumors Granular cell tumor
Fibrous histiocytoma Malignant peripheral nerve
Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans sheath tumors
Malignant fibrous histiocytoma • Tumors of uncertain histogenesis
• Tumors of skeletal muscle Synovial sarcoma
Rhabdomyoma Alveolar soft part sarcoma
Rhabdomyosarcoma
Epithelioid sarcoma
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LIPOMA
LIPOMAS
• Benign tumors of fat, known as lipomas, are the
most common soft tissue tumor of adulthood.
• They are subclassified according to particular
morphologic features as conventional lipoma,
fibrolipoma, angiolipoma, spindle cell lipoma,
myelolipoma, and pleomorphic lipoma.
• Lipomas are soft, mobile, and painless (except
angiolipoma) and are usually cured by simple
excision
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LIPOMA
Morphology
• The conventional lipoma, the most common
subtype, is a well-encapsulated mass of
mature adipocytes that varies considerably in
size.
• It arises in the subcutis of the proximal
extremities and trunk, most frequently during
mid-adulthood.
• Histologically, they consist of mature white fat
cells with no pleomorphism.
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LIPOSARCOMA
LIPOSARCOMA
• Liposarcomas are one of the most common sarcomas
of adulthood and appear in those in their forties to
sixties,
• they are uncommon in children.
• They usually arise in the deep soft tissues of the
proximal extremities and retroperitoneum and
developing into large tumors.
• All types of liposarcoma recur locally and often
repeatedly unless adequately excised.
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LIPOSARCOMA
Morphology
• Histologically, liposarcomas can be divided into(
atypical lipomatous tumor) well-differentiated,
myxoid, round cell, and pleomorphic variants.
• Myxoid type is the most common.
• The cells in well-differentiated liposarcomas are
readily recognized as lipocytes.
• In the other variants, most of the tumor cells are not
obviously adipogenic, but some cells indicative of
fatty differentiation are almost always present.
• These cells are known as lipoblasts; they mimic fetal
fat cells and contain round clear cytoplasmic
vacuoles of lipid that scallop the nucleus.
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Myxoid liposarcoma
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TUMORS OF SKELETAL MUSCLE
• Skeletal muscle neoplasms, in contrast to
other groups of tumors, are almost all
malignant.
• The benign variant, rhabdomyoma, is
distinctly rare.
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TUMORS OF SKELETAL MUSCLE
RHABDOMYOSARCOMA
• Rhabdomyosarcoma, the most common soft tissue
sarcoma of childhood and adolescence, usually
appears before age 20.
• They may arise in any anatomic location, but mostly
the head and neck or genitourinary tract.
• Only in the extremities they appear in relation to
skeletal muscle.
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Rhabdomyosarcoma Age
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Head-neck 40%
Genitourinery 20%
Extremities 20%
Sites
7% Orbit
28% Head & Neck
11% Trunk
2% Intrathoracic
2% GI-Hepatic
6% Retroperitoneum
18% GU
2% Perineum-Anus
24% Extremities
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Common Histiotypes of Rhabdomyosarcoma
Morphology
• Rhabdomyosarcoma is histologically subclassified into the
embryonal, alveolar, and pleomorphic variants.
• The rhabdomyoblast-the diagnostic cell in all types-contains
eccentric eosinophilic granular cytoplasm rich in thick and
thin filaments.
• The rhabdomyoblasts may be round or elongate; the latter are
known as tadpole or strap cells and may contain cross-
striations visible by light microscopy.
• Ultrastructurally, rhabdomyoblasts contain sarcomeres, and
immunohistochemically they stain with antibodies to the
myogenic markers desmin, MYOD1, and myogenin.
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Rhabdomyosarcoma composed of malignant small round cells. The
rhabdomyoblasts are large and round and have abundant eosinophilic
cytoplasm; no cross-striations are evident
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Myogenin Ab-1
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TUMORS OF SKELETAL MUSCLE
• Embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma is the most
common type, accounting for 66% of
rhabdomyosarcomas.
• It includes the sarcoma botryoides described
in and spindle cell variants.
• The tumor occurs in children under age 10
years and typically arises in the nasal cavity,
orbit, middle ear, prostate, and paratesticular
region.
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Embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma
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Embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma
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TUMORS OF SKELETAL MUSCLE
• Alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma is most common
in early to mid-adolescence and usually arises
in the deep musculature of the extremities.
• Histologically the tumor is traversed by a
network of fibrous septae that divide the cells
into clusters or aggregates; as the central cells
degenerate and drop out, with resemblance to
pulmonary alveolae.
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Alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma
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Alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma with
numerous spaces lined by tumor cells
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TUMORS OF SKELETAL MUSCLE
• Pleomorphic rhabdomyosarcoma is
characterized by numerous large, sometimes
multinucleated, bizarre eosinophilic tumor
cells.
• This variant is rare, has a tendency to arise in
the deep soft tissue of adults and, as noted
earlier, can resemble malignant fibrous
histiocytoma histologically.
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TUMORS OF SKELETAL MUSCLE
• Rhabdomyosarcomas are aggressive neoplasms and
are usually treated with a combination of surgery
and chemotherapy with or without radiation.
• The histologic variant and location of the tumor
influence survival.
• The botryoid subtype has the best prognosis,
followed by the embryonal, pleomorphic, and
alveolar variants.
• Overall, approximately 65% of children are cured of
their disease, but adults fare less well.
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TUMORS OF SMOOTH MUSCLE
LEIOMYOMA
• Leiomyomas, the benign smooth muscle tumors,
often arise in the uterus where they represent the
most common neoplasm in women
• Leiomyomas may also arise in the erector pili
muscles found in the skin, nipples, scrotum, and
labia (genital leiomyomas) and less frequently
develop in the deep soft tissues.
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TUMORS OF SMOOTH MUSCLE
• They are usually not larger than 1 to 2 cm in greatest
dimension and are composed of fascicles of spindle
cells that tend to intersect each other at right angles.
• The tumor cells have blunt-ended, elongated nuclei
and show minimal atypia and few mitotic figures.
• Solitary lesions are easily cured; however, they may
be so numerous that complete surgical removal is
impractical.
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TUMORS OF SMOOTH MUSCLE
LEIOMYOSARCOMA
• Leiomyosarcomas account for 10% to 20% of
soft tissue sarcomas.
• They occur in adults and afflict women more
frequently than men.
• Most develop in the skin and deep soft tissues
of the extremities and retroperitoneum.
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TUMORS OF SMOOTH MUSCLE
Morphology
• Leiomyosarcomas present as pain-less firm masses.
• Retroperitoneal tumors may be large and bulky and
cause abdominal symptoms.
• Histologically, they are characterized by malignant
spindle cells that have cigar-shaped nuclei arranged
in interweaving fascicles. Morphologic variants
include tumors with a prominent myxoid stroma and
others with epithelioid cells.
• Immunohistochemically, they stain with antibodies to
vimentin, actin, smooth muscle actin, and desmin.
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TUMORS OF SMOOTH MUSCLE
• Treatment depends on the size, location, and
grade of the tumor.
• Superficial or cutaneous leiomyosarcomas are
usually small and have a good prognosis,
• large, retroperitoneal ones cannot be entirely
excised, and cause death by both local
extension and metastatic spread.
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FIBROHISTIOCYTIC TUMORS
• Fibrohistiocytic tumors contain cellular
elements that resemble both fibroblasts and
histiocytes.
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FIBROHISTIOCYTIC TUMORS
BENIGN FIBROUS HISTIOCYTOMA
(DERMATOFIBROMA)
• Benign fibrous histiocytoma is a relatively
common lesion that usually occurs in the
dermis and subcutis.
• It is painless and slow growing and most often
presents in mid-adult life as a firm, small (up
to 1 cm) mobile nodule.
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FIBROHISTIOCYTIC TUMORS
Morphology
• Most benign fibrous histiocytomas consist of
a proliferation of bland spindle cells arranged
in a storiform pattern.
• These tumors have infiltrative margins;
common secondary findings include the
presence of foam cells, hemosiderin deposits,
multinucleated giant cells, and hyperplasia of
the overlying epidermis
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FIBROHISTIOCYTIC TUMORS
MALIGNANT FIBROUS HISTIOCYTOMA
• Malignant fibrous histiocytoma refers to a group of
related soft tissue sarcomas characterized by
considerable cytologic pleomorphism, the presence
of bizarre multinucleate cells, and storiform
architecture.
• Malignant fibrous histiocytoma usually arises in the
musculature of the proximal extremities and the
retroperitoneum.
• Cutaneous variants have also been called atypical
fibroxanthomas.
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FIBROHISTIOCYTIC TUMORS
Morphology.
• These tumors are usually large (5 to 20 cm), gray-
white unencapsulated masses but often appear
deceptively circumscribed.
• Malignant fibrous histiocytomas have been
categorized into storiform-pleomorphic, myxoid,
inflammatory, giant cell, and angiomatoid variants
based on their histologic features.
• The storiform-pleomorphic type is the most
common and as the name indicates is composed of
malignant spindle cells oriented in a storiform
pattern with scattered, large round pleomorphic cells
.
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FIBROHISTIOCYTIC TUMORS
• Most variants of malignant fibrous histiocytoma,
except for the angiomatoid type, are aggressive,
recur unless widely excised, and have a metastatic
rate of 30% to 50%.
• However, cutaneous tumors rarely disseminate; the
angiomatoid variant is also indolent and in contrast
to the other types occurs in adolescents and young
adults.
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Malignant fibrous histiocytoma revealing fascicles of plump
spindle cells in a swirling (storiform) pattern, typical but not
pathognomonic of this neoplasm
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REACTIVE PSEUDOSARCOMATOUS
PROLIFERATIONS
• Reactive pseudosarcomatous proliferations are non-
neoplastic lesions that either develop in response to some
form of local trauma (physical or ischemic) or are idiopathic.
• They are composed of plump reactive fibroblasts or related
mesenchymal cells.
• They are alarming because they develop suddenly and grow
rapidly;
• histologically, they cause concern because they mimic
sarcomas owing to their hyper cellularity, mitotic activity, and
a primitive appearance.
• Representative of this family of lesions are nodular fasciitis
and myositis ossificans.
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Nodular Fasciitis
• Nodular fasciitis, also known as infiltrative or
pseudosarcomatous fasciitis, is the most common of
the reactive pseudosarcomas.
• It most often occurs in adults on the volar aspect of
the forearm, followed in order of frequency by the
chest and back.
• Patients typically present with a several-week history
of a solitary, rapidly growing, and sometimes painful
mass.
• Trauma is noted in only 10% to 15% of cases.
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Nodular Fasciitis
Morphology
• Nodular fasciitis lesions arise in the deep dermis,
subcutis, or muscle.
• Grossly the lesion is several centimeters in greatest
dimension, is nodular in configuration, and has
poorly defined margins.
• Nodular fasciitis is richly cellular and consists of
plump, immature-appearing fibroblasts arranged
randomly (simulating cells growing in tissue culture)
or in short intersecting fascicles
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Nodular fasciitis with plump, randomly oriented
spindle cells surrounded by myxoid stroma
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Myositis Ossificans
• Myositis ossificans is distinguished from the other fibroblastic
proliferations by the presence of metaplastic bone.
• It usually develops in athletic adolescents and young adults
and follows an episode of trauma in more than 50% of cases.
• The lesion typically arises in the musculature of the proximal
extremities.
• The clinical findings are related to its stage of development; in
the early phase, the involved area is swollen and painful, and
within several weeks, it becomes more circumscribed and
firm.
• Eventually, it evolves into a painless, hard, well-demarcated
mass.
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Morphology
• Grossly, the usual lesions are 3 to 6 cm in greatest dimension.
• Most are well delineated and have soft, glistening centers and
a firm, gritty periphery.
• The microscopic findings vary according to the age of the
lesion; in the earliest phase, the lesion is the most cellular and
consists of plump, elongated fibroblast-like cells simulating
nodular fasciitis
• Morphologic zonation begins within 3 weeks; the center
retains its population of fibroblasts; however, it merges with
an adjacent intermediate zone that contains osteoblasts,
which deposit ill-defined trabeculae of woven bone.
• The most peripheral zone contains well-formed, mineralized
trabeculae that closely resemble cancellous bone.
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FIBROMATOSES
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Superficial Fibromatosis (Palmar, Plantar,
and Penile Fibromatoses)
• Palmar, plantar, and penile fibromatoses, more bothersome
than serious lesions, constitute a small group of superficial
fibromatoses.
• They are characterized by nodular or poorly defined broad
fascicles of mature-appearing fibroblasts surrounded by
abundant dense collagen.
• Immunohistochemical and ultrastructural studies indicate that
many of these cells are myofibroblasts.
• All forms of superficial fibromatosis affect males more
frequently than females.
• In about 20% to 25% of cases, the palmar and plantar
fibromatoses stabilize and do not progress, in some instances
resolving spontaneously. Some recur after excision,
particularly the plantar variant.
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Superficial Fibromatosis (Palmar, Plantar,
and Penile Fibromatoses)
• In the palmar variant (Dupuytren contracture), there is
irregular or nodular thickening of the palmar fascia either
unilaterally or bilaterally (50%).
• Over a span of years, attachment to the overlying skin causes
puckering and dimpling. At the same time, a slowly
progressive flexion contracture develops, mainly of the fourth
and fifth fingers of the hand.
• Essentially similar changes are seen with plantar fibromatosis,
except that flexion contractures are uncommon and bilateral
involvement is infrequent.
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Superficial Fibromatosis (Palmar, Plantar,
and Penile Fibromatoses)
• In penile fibromatosis (Peyronie disease), a
palpable induration or mass appears usually
on the dorsolateral aspect of the penis. It may
cause eventually abnormal curvature of the
shaft or constriction of the urethra, or both.
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Deep-Seated Fibromatosis (Desmoid
Tumors)
• Deep-seated fibromatoses lie in the borderland
between nonaggressive fibrous tumors and low-
grade fibrosarcomas.
• They commonly present as large, infiltrative masses
that frequently recur after incomplete excision;
• They are composed of banal well-differentiated
fibroblasts that do not metastasize.
• They may occur at any age but are most frequent in
the teens to thirties.
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Deep-Seated Fibromatosis (Desmoid
Tumors)
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FIBROSARCOMA
• Fibrosarcomas are rare but may occur anywhere in
the body, most commonly in the retroperitoneum,
the thigh, the knee, and the distal extremities.
• Many tumors previously considered fibrosarcoma
have been reclassified as aggressive fibromatosis
(desmoid), malignant fibrous histiocytoma,
malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors, or
synovial sarcomas.
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FIBROSARCOMA
Morphology
• Typically, these neoplasms are unencapsulated, infiltrative,
soft, fish-flesh masses often having areas of hemorrhage and
necrosis.
• Better-differentiated lesions may appear deceptively
encapsulated.
• Histologic examination shows all degrees of differentiation,
from slowly growing tumors that closely resemble cellular
fibromatosis sometimes having spindled cells growing in a
herringbone fashion to highly cellular neoplasms dominated
by architectural disarray, pleomorphism, frequent mitoses,
and areas of necrosis.
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FIBROSARCOMA
• They are aggressive tumors, however,
recurring in more than 50% of the cases and
metastasizing in more than 25%.
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Fibrosarcoma composed of malignant spindle
cells arranged in a herringbone pattern
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SYNOVIAL SARCOMA
• Synovial sarcoma is so named because it was once
believed to recapitulate synovium, but the cell of
origin is still unclear.
• In addition, although the term synovial sarcoma
implies an origin from the joint linings, less than 10%
are intra-articular.
• Synovial sarcomas account for approximately 10% of
all soft tissue sarcomas and rank as the fourth most
common sarcoma.
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SYNOVIAL SARCOMA
Morphology
• The histologic hallmark of biphasic synovial sarcoma
is the dual line of differentiation of the tumor cells
(i.e., epithelial-like and spindle cells).
• Despite the mimicry of synovium, the tumor cells do
not have the features of synoviocytes.
• The epithelial cells are cuboidal to columnar and
form glands or grow in solid cords or aggregates.
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SYNOVIAL SARCOMA
• The spindle cells are arranged in densely
cellular fascicles that surround the epithelial
cells
• Many synovial sarcomas are monophasic in
that they are composed of only spindled cells
or, rarely, epithelial cells.
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SYNOVIAL SARCOMA
• Lesions composed of spindled cells only, are
easily mistaken for fibrosarcomas or malignant
peripheral nerve sheath tumors.
• Immunohistochemistry is helpful in identifying
these tumors, since the tumor cells yield
positive reactions for keratin and epithelial
membrane antigen, differentiating these
tumors from most other sarcomas.
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SUMMARY
• The most common soft tissue tumor is lipoma.
• The most common soft tissue sarcoma (malignant
soft tissue tumor) in the retroperitoneal region is
liposarcoma.
• Malignant fibrous histiocytoma is the most common
sarcoma of adulthood.
• Malignant fibrous histiocytoma is the most common
sarcoma that arises after radiation therapy.
• The most common malignant soft tissue tumor of
chidhood is rhabdomyosarcoma.
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SUMMARY
• Embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma is the most
common type of RMS and has the best clinical
outcome.
• Alveolar RMS has the worst prognosis and is
likely to metastatize to LN.
• Alveolar type RMS is the most common RMS
encountered in adulthood.
• Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans is the
borderline fibrohistiocytic tumor.
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