Prognosis Hemangiomas → benign lesions Hemangioendothelioma → good prognosis Angiosarcoma → poor prognosis 51.1 Characteristics of the Single Entities 51.1.1 Hemangioma of Bone Definition: Benign solitary tumor composed of newly formed vessels. Epidemiology: Rare tumors, accounting…
Localization: Almost exclusive of the long bones, it originates from the metaphysis. Rare in the diaphyses, exceptional in flat bones. The most typical site is the distal metaphysis of the…
Localization: Anywhere there is fat. Most common in thigh, retroperitoneum, inguinal region, and popliteal fossa. Never in the hands, feet, and neck. Clinical: Insidiously growing, deep-seated, ill-defined mass that usually…
Clinical: Superficial (cutaneous/subcutaneous) hemangiomas are reddish-wine-colored painless lesions, generally present at birth. Intramuscular hemangioma arises within the belly of a single muscle; only in the hand and foot it may…
Location: 80 % extremities. Lower limb (60 %: thigh, knee, foot, ankle) and upper limb (23 %: forearm, wrist, shoulder). Only 10 % within a joint. Usually, close to a…
Clinical: Posttraumatic type: painful enlarging mass with intense inflammation of the surrounding tissues. If the involved anatomic compartment is immobilized, inflammation resolves, and the mass slowly regresses. Complete maturation of…
Location: Deep-seated, proximal extremities and trunk. Clinical: Enlarging painless soft tissue mass. Imaging: Although imaging characteristics are nonspecific, most tumors appear lobulated, and highly myxoid tumors have a homogeneous high…
Location: Deep-seated, lower limb within the muscle, thigh. Clinical: Globose or multinodular mass, slowly increasing, and painless. Tumor may be large, present from many years, and richly vascularized with pulsation…
Location: In association with major nerve trunks: sciatic nerve, brachial plexus, sacral plexus. Gluteal region and pelvis, thigh region, shoulder region, and axilla are the most frequent sites. Clinical: Rapidly…
