Published 2022 | Version v1
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Update of pediatric soft tissue tumors with review of conventional MRI appearance. Pt. 2. Vascular lesions, fibrohistiocytic tumors, muscle tumors, peripheral nerve sheath tumors, tumors of uncertain differentiation, and undifferentiated small round cell sarcomas

  • 1. Department of Radiology, University of Washington, Seattle Children's Hospital, 4800 Sand Point Way NE, 98105, Seattle, WA (United States)
  • 2. Yale Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, 330 Cedar Street, 06520, New Haven, CT (United States)
  • 3. Department of Pathology, Yale School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, 06520, New Haven, CT (United States)
  • 4. Department of Radiology, University of Maryland Medical Center, 22 S Greene St, 21201, Baltimore, MD (United States)

Description

There are numerous soft tissue tumors and tumor-like conditions in the pediatric population. Magnetic resonance imaging is the most useful modality for imaging these lesions. Although certain soft tissue lesions exhibit magnetic resonance features characteristic of a specific diagnosis, most lesions are indeterminate, and a biopsy is necessary for diagnosis. We provide a detailed update of soft tissue tumors and tumor-like conditions that occur in the pediatric population, emphasizing each lesion's conventional magnetic resonance imaging appearance, using the recently released 5th edition of the World Health Organization Classification of Soft Tissue and Bone Tumors as a guide. In part one of this review, pediatric tumor-like lesions, adipocytic tumors, fibroblastic and myofibroblastic tumors, and perivascular tumors are discussed. In part two, vascular lesions, fibrohistiocytic tumors, muscle tumors, peripheral nerve sheath tumors, tumors of uncertain differentiation, and undifferentiated small round cell sarcomas are reviewed. Per the convention of the WHO, these lesions involve the connective, subcutaneous, and other non-parenchymatous organ soft tissues, as well as the peripheral and autonomic nervous system.

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Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00256-021-03837-1

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Journal Title
Skeletal Radiology
Journal Volume
51
Journal Issue
4
Journal Page Range
p. 701-725
ISSN
0364-2348
CODEN
SKRADI