Benign Soft Tissue Tumors Treatment
Soft tissue tumors develop in connective tissue other than bone such as the skeletal muscle, fat, tendon, fibrous tissue and nerve and blood vessel (neurovascular) tissue.
Soft tissue tumors can occur anywhere in the body but are most frequent in the lower extremities, trunk and abdomen and upper extremities. The cause is unknown. Trauma may bring attention to a previous existing tumor.
Benign soft tissue tumors rarely metastasize. They are categorized according to their behavior to be aggressive or not, ranging from inactive, to active, to aggressive.
In adults, the most common benign soft tissue tumor is a lipoma. In children, popliteal (Baker’s) cysts, lipomas and hemangiomas are common. Benign tumors may be very large and deep but are usually soft – except for the fibrous tumors which may feel firm.
- Lypoma
- Neurofibroma
- Schwannoma
- Giant cell tumor
- PVNS – Pigmented villonodular synovitis