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01-01-2021 | Soft Tissue Tumor | Review Article

Soft tissue pathology for the radiologist: a tumor board primer with 2020 WHO classification update

Authors: Karin J. Kuhn, Jeffrey M. Cloutier, Robert D. Boutin, Robert Steffner, Geoffrey Riley

Published in: Skeletal Radiology | Issue 1/2021

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Abstract

Radiologists serve an important role in the diagnosis and staging of soft tissue tumors, often through participation in multidisciplinary tumor board teams. While an important function of the radiologist is to review pertinent imaging and assist in the differential diagnosis, a critical role is to ensure that there is concordance between the imaging and the pathologic diagnosis. This requires a basic understanding of the pathology of soft tissue tumors, particularly in the case of diagnostic dilemmas or incongruent imaging and histologic features. This work is intended to provide an overview of soft tissue pathology for the radiologist to optimize participation in multidisciplinary orthopedic oncology tumor boards, allowing for contribution to management decisions with expertise beyond image interpretation.
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Metadata
Title
Soft tissue pathology for the radiologist: a tumor board primer with 2020 WHO classification update
Authors
Karin J. Kuhn
Jeffrey M. Cloutier
Robert D. Boutin
Robert Steffner
Geoffrey Riley
Publication date
01-01-2021
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
Skeletal Radiology / Issue 1/2021
Print ISSN: 0364-2348
Electronic ISSN: 1432-2161
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00256-020-03567-w

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