title: Fine needle aspiration cytology of pseudosarcomatous reactive lesions of soft tissues: A report of two cases.
abstract: Pseudosarcomatous lesions are reactive proliferative lesions of the soft tissue, that are likely to be misdiagnosed as malignant, based on clinical and histological features. The most common lesions are nodular fasciitis, proliferative fasciitis, proliferative myositis and myositis ossificans. These rapidly growing soft-tissue lesions can represent a variety of diagnoses involving radically different treatment modalities. Accurate diagnosis is important to avoid unnecessary and often mutilating surgery. We report two cases to illustrate the importance of correct identification of these lesions by fine needle aspiration cytology.
authors: Department of Pathology, JSS Medical College, JSS University, Mysore, Karnataka, India.
authors: Suchitha
authors: S
authors: Satish
authors: Sheeladevi Chandakavadi
authors: SC
authors: Shivalingaiah
authors: Sunila
authors: S
authors: Ravishankar
authors: Manjunath Gubbanna
authors: MG
authors: Vimalambika
keywords: Fine needle aspiration cytology; nodular fasciitis; proliferative myositis; pseudosarcomatous lesions