[Biopsy and surgical treatment of soft tissue tumors].
When a soft tissue tumor is initially misdiagnosed as a simple trauma or a mass, treatment may be adversely affected by the delay in diagnosis or an inappropriate invasive procedure that results in extension of a probable malignant tumor. Patients with soft tissue tumors present a diagnostic challenge to the clinician. A systematic approach to the evaluation and biopsy is necessary in order to minimize diagnostic errors and biopsy complications. With a multidisciplinary approach and adequate surgical management, the prognosis with a five-year survival rate can be excellent.
Mouhsine
Elyazid
E
Service d'orthopédie et de traumatologie, CHUV-1011-Lausanne. Elyazid.mouhsine@hospvd.ch
Garofalo
Raffaele
R
Theumann
Nicolas
N
Zouhair
Abderrahim
A
Leyvraz
Pierre-François
PF
D001706:Biopsy / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*