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Soft Tissue Masses of the Hand

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: Solid soft tissue masses of the hand represent a diverse group of lesions, most of which are benign. Accurate diagnosis is essential to guide management and avoid unnecessary or inappropriate surgical intervention. This review discusses solid soft tissue tumors of the hand in accordance with the 2020 World Health Organization Classification of Soft Tissue Tumors, emphasizing imaging features and clinical presentation, as well as the current European Society of Musculoskeletal Radiology guidelines from 2023 for primary imaging of soft tissue lesions. Characteristic imaging features help diagnose common entities such as lipomas, tenosynovial giant cell tumors, glomus tumors, and nerve sheath tumors. Various pseudolesions (e.g., traumatic neuromas) are also discussed. The importance of referral to specialized sarcoma centers for indeterminant or aggressive lesions is highlighted.

Source: Seminars in Musculoskeletal Radiology

DOI: 10.1055/s-0045-1811637

Authors: Sabine Popp, Iris-Melanie Nöbauer-Huhmann, Suren Jengojan

Institutions: University of Vienna, Medical University of Vienna

Language: English

Topic: Soft tissue tumors and treatment

Subfield: Pathology and Forensic Medicine

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: hybrid

OpenAlex ID: W4416970861