Pattern of Soft Tissue Tumours- A Histopathological Study.

ABSTRACT

Soft tissue is defined as the complex of non epithelial extraskeletal structures of the body exclusive of the supportive tissue of the various organs and the hematopoietic/lymphoid tissue. It is composed of fibrous tissue, adipose tissue, skeletal muscle, blood and lymph vessels and peripheral nervous system. Soft tissue tumours constitute a large and heterogenous group of neoplasms. WHO has classified soft tissue tumors in different categories like Adipocytic tumors, Fibroblastic, Fibro-histiocytic, Smooth muscle, Pericytic, Skeletal muscle, Vascular, Chondro-osseous & tumors of uncertain differentiation. These are further subdivided into Bengin, Intermediate & Malignant. Pattern of a particular disease in any population is studied with the idea of obtaining information about the clinical presentation, the varied morphology and the etiological factors that can be assessed in relation to its prognosis. The present study was undertaken with a view to getting information about the rate of prevalence, relative frequency of various histopathological types of neoplasms and morphological patterns of soft tissue tumors in our institution.