Adipocytic, Vascular and Skeletal Muscle Tumors. A Practical Diagnostic Approach

Introduction.- A drawing-based approach to the diagnosis of soft tissue tumors.- Adipocytic tumors.- Vascular soft tissue tumors.- Skeletal muscle tumors.- Conclusions.

This book focuses on the subsets of soft tissue tumors that show adipocytic, vascular or skeletal muscle differentiation. It reviews the surgical pathologists' approach to diagnosing soft tissue tumors guided by vital morphological and immunohistochemical data in the differential diagnosis of this family of tumors. Written by experts in the field, the text contains a concise yet comprehensive summary of the current status of the field that helps guide diagnosis and patient management, and stimulates investigative efforts. The book is filled with high-quality drawings of the salient histologic features of these various tumors, alongside photomicrographs and tips and tricks that help the relatively untrained or inexperienced eye to recognize the various structures or cell types that comprise each of these lesions. This innovative approach seeks to make recognition of these tumors easier.

Adipocytic, Vascular and Skeletal Muscle Tumors serves as a valuable resource for pathologists, oncologists, surgeons, and researchers dealing with and interested in these complex and challenging tumors.

Raf Sciot
Department of Pathology, UZ Gasthuisberg
KU Leuven
Leuven, Belgium

Clara Gerosa
Divisione di Anatomia Patologica
Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche e Sanita
Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Cagliari
Cagliari, Italy

Gavino Faa
Divisione di Anatomia Patologica
Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche e Sanita Pubblica
Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Cagliari, University of Cagliari
Cagliari, Italy
Adjunct Professor, Temple University
Philadelphia, PA
USA