<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Fibrosarcoma is a malignant spindle cell tumor of the soft tissues uniformly composed of collagen-producing cells capable of exhibiting varying degrees of fibroblastic differenciation. This diagnosis was more liberally applied to many types of spindle and pleomorphic cell sarcomas that exhibited fibrosarcoma-like patterns, e.g., malignant schwannoma, synovial sarcoma, malignant fibrous histiocytoma, and some benign fibroproliferative lesions, particularly fibromatosis and reactive tumor-like lesions.</p><p>The major challenge in the diagnosis lies in over and under diagnose of fibrosarcoma and underdiagnosis of reactive fibrosis. But this histologic differenciation is necessary owing to different treatment strategies.</p></abstract>

Fibrosarcoma is a malignant spindle cell tumor of the soft tissues uniformly composed of collagen-producing cells capable of exhibiting varying degrees of fibroblastic differenciation. This diagnosis was more liberally applied to many types of spindle and pleomorphic cell sarcomas that exhibited fibrosarcoma-like patterns, e.g., malignant schwannoma, synovial sarcoma, malignant fibrous histiocytoma, and some benign fibroproliferative lesions, particularly fibromatosis and reactive tumor-like lesions.The major challenge in the diagnosis lies in over and under diagnose of fibrosarcoma and underdiagnosis of reactive fibrosis. But this histologic differenciation is necessary owing to different treatment strategies.

Retromolar Fibrosarcoma - A Diagnostic Dilemma: Case Report

Department of Pathological Anatomy, Jessenius Medical Faculty, Comenius University and University Medical Hospital in Martin, Slovakia

Clinic of Stomatology and Maxillofacial Surgery, Jessenius Medical Faculty, Comenius University and University Medical Hospital in Martin, Slovakia

Anaesthetic and Critical Care Consultant Doncaster and Bassetlow Hospital, NHS Trust, United Kingdom

Department of Non-Medical study Programmes, Clinic of Dermatology

Department of Anatomy, Jessenius Medical Faculty, Comenius University and University Medical Hospital in Martin, Slovakia

Acta Medica Martiniana

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Fibrosarcoma is a malignant spindle cell tumor of the soft tissues uniformly composed of collagen-producing cells capable of exhibiting varying degrees of...

Retromolar Fibrosarcoma - A Diagnostic Dilemma: Case Report

Publié en ligne: 21 déc. 2011

Pages: 33 - 38

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10201-011-0020-x

Mots clés
fibrosarcoma, fibromatosis, spindle cells tumors

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Retromolar Fibrosarcoma - A Diagnostic Dilemma: Case Report

Publié en ligne: 21 déc. 2011

Pages: 33 - 38

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10201-011-0020-x

Mots clésfibrosarcoma, fibromatosis, spindle cells tumors

This content is open access.

Mots clés
fibrosarcoma, fibromatosis, spindle cells tumors