Soft tissue tutors

Question 1

The most common soft tissue tumor is?

Answer 1

localized TGCT

Question 2

The most common soft tissue sarcoma of childhood under the age of 20 is?

Answer 2

rhabdomyosarcoma

Question 3

Markers to diagnose skeletal muscle sarcoma?

Answer 3

myogenin,MYOD-1, desmin

Question 4

Synovial sarcoma do not come

Answer 4

Not coming from the synoviocytes

Question 5

The most common site for synovial sarcoma is

Answer 5

the knee joint

Question 6

Synovial sarcoma has a mutation in

Answer 6

x:18

Question 7

the histological pattern of synovial sarcoma is

Answer 7

biphasic, it has spindle cells and glands

Question 8

The most common age group for synovial sarcoma is

Answer 8

young - middle aged men

Question 9

Leimeyosarcoma is

Answer 9

cancer of the smooth muscle,
the most common location is retroperotenum and skin
the histological pattern is pleomorphic spindle cells with cigar shaped nuclei

Question 10

Leiomyoma’s are

Answer 10

well circumscribed
unencapsulated
most common location is the uterus and skin
causes menorrhagia in women

Question 11

Rhabdomyosarcoma can be diagnosed

Answer 11

by the presence of rhabdoblasts which are tadpole like with cross striations

Question 12

What pattern would you see in pleomorphic fibroblastic sarcoma?

Answer 12

storiform

Question 13

Whats another name for pleomorphic fibroblastic sarcoma?

Answer 13

pleomorphic undifferentiated sarcoma

malginant fibrous histiocytoma

Question 14

Deep fibromatoses can be described as

Answer 14

arise in abdominal wall, muscles of the trunk and extremities, and within abdomen
Can be multiple in Gardner syndrome