Abstract
We report 1104 cases (1140 materials) with tumors and tumor-like lesions of the soft tissue at our hospital during the period of April 1982 to March 1987. Majority of the cases were outpatients. These cases were 0.7% of 15834 cases of the department of pathology during the same period. Most of them complained of subcutaneus tumors. In our experience these tumors could occur practically in any part of the body. The majority occurred in the face, the backs, and the extremities. They increased slightly every year. There were 536 male and 568 female cases. They showed no sex preponderance and might make their appearance at any age. They occurred more commonly in the forth and fifth decades.
Histological classification was as follows. Tumors derived from skin tissue were observed in 511 cases (44.8%), tumors of connective tissue in 74 (6.5%), tumors of fatty tissue in 240 (21.1%), tumors of muscular tissue in 21 (1.8%), tumors of vascular tissue in 112 (9.8%), tumors of nervous tissue in 49 (4.3%), tumors of synovial tissue in 63 (5.5%). malignant tumors in 41 (3.6%) and others.
In accordance with WHO classification they were reclassified as follows. There were 487 materials. Tumors of connective tissue were observed in 74 cases, tumors of fatty tissue in 224, tumors of muscular tissue in 20, tumors of vascular tissue in 103, tumors of nervous tissue in 49 and malignant tumors in 17.
We discussed the clinical findings, the modes of treatment and the pathological findings of these tumors.
