Abstract
Soft tissue sarcoma often goes undetected. Over a 10-year period, the patients referred to us with a soft tissue tumor (STT) of the extremities and wall of the trunk were analyzed retrospectively. The aim of the present study was to investigate the differential diagnoses, the number of incompletely operated STS, and local recurrences together with their percentage fluctuations. A total of 490 patients with an STT were referred to our department, and of these patients 55% were diagnosed with an STS. In addition to STS, the differential diagnoses for STT included 2% lymphomas, 18% isolated carcinoma metastases, 18% benign mesenchymal tumors, 5% inflammatory processes, and 2% old hematomas. Only 45% of the STS had not undergone previous surgery. Of these, 15% had been incompletely resected, while 39% of the STS patients were admitted with a local recurrence. Within the 10-year period, referrals with STT and STS remained relatively constant, but referrals of patients with incompletely resected or recurrent STS doubled in the last 2 years under observation. In view of the numerous differential diagnoses of an STT, both the possibility of an STS and also carcinoma manifestations in the soft tissues should receive more attention. With...Continue Reading
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