title: [Biopsy and surgical treatment of soft tissue tumors].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Service d'orthopédie et de traumatologie, CHUV-1011-Lausanne. Elyazid.mouhsine@hospvd.ch
authors.forename: Elyazid
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Mouhsine
authors.forename: Raffaele
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Garofalo
authors.forename: Nicolas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Theumann
authors.forename: Abderrahim
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zouhair
authors.forename: Pierre-François
authors.initials: PF
authors.lastname: Leyvraz
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*