Benign connective tissue

tumors
Dr. Faiza Azam
What is connective tissue
• Tissue that connects, supports, binds, or separates other tissues or
organs, typically having relatively few cells embedded in an
amorphous matrix, often with collagen or other fibres, and including
cartilaginous, fatty, and elastic tissues.

• There are six major types of connective tissue, including loose

connective tissue, dense connective
tissue, bone, cartilage, blood and lymph
Types of connective tissue
Benign soft tissue/ Connective tissue
tumors 
• Amongst the most common tumors which can be classified as benign
soft tissue tumors are lipoma, angiolipoma, fibroma, benign fibrous
histiocytoma, neurofibroma, schwannoma, neurilemmona,
hemangioma, giant cell tumor of tendon sheath, and myxoma.
CLASSIFICATION OF CONNECTIVE
TISSUE TUMORS, SIGN SHOW benign
entities
CLASSIFICATION OF CONNECTIVE
TISSUE TUMORS
CLASSIFICATION OF CONNECTIVE
TISSUE TUMORS
LIPOMA , MICROSCOPY
• Circumscribed tumor with sheets of bland adipocytes
Fibroma, MICROSCOPY
• Sheets and fascicles of bland fibroblasts
OSTEOCHONDROMA, MICROSCOPY
• Localized growth with cap of benign cartilaginous tissue and
underlying benign bony trabeculae
RHABDOMYOMA , MICROSCOPY
• Sheets of benign skeletal muscle fibers
OSTEOMA MICROSCOPY
• Benign bony tissue with osteoblastic rimming
HEMANGIOMA, MICROSCOPY
• Confined growth with anastomosing vascular channels of variable size
LEIOMYOMA , MICROSCOPY
• Circumscribed tumor with bland smooth muscle cells , arranged in
interlacing fascicles and bundles
TASK 1 : Leiomyoma
TASK 2 :Cavernous hemangioma
TASK 3: Capillary hemangioma
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