Soft-tissue tumors update: MR imaging features according to the WHO classification.
Soft-tissue tumors are a large and heterogeneous group of neoplasms. Hence, classification is often difficult. The most effective management decisions are made when a working group participates in the same diagnostic standard criteria in the evaluation of soft-tissue tumors. The purpose of this pictorial review is to highlight the new and the less well-known features on magnetic resonance (MR) imaging of soft-tissue tumors according to the World Health Organization (WHO) classification established in 2002. The article depicts the major changes of the WHO classification since it was established in 2002 and the most significant findings on MR imaging, thereby providing an update.
Department of Magnetic Resonance, Clínica Girona, Lorenzana, 36, 17002 Girona, Spain. kvilanova@comg.es
Joan C
JC
Vilanova
Klaus
K
Woertler
José A
JA
Narváez
Joaquim
J
Barceló
Salutario J
SJ
Martínez
Miguel
M
Villalón
Josefina
J
Miró
D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000145:classification* / Q000473:pathology*; D014944:World Health Organization