Angiographic Features of Fibromas and Fibrosarcomas
- 1 July 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) in Radiology
- Vol. 124 (1) , 57-64
- https://doi.org/10.1148/124.1.57
Abstract
Angiography was done in 38 cases of pathologically confirmed fibrous tissue tumors. All benign fibromatous tumors and 1 case of desmoid fibroma were angiographically normal. A great spectrum of angioarchitecture exists in fibrosarcomas, whether they are of bone or soft tissue origin. Heterogeneous vascularity was seen in 55% of these cases, and was related to the cell composition of the tumor. A close relationship exists between the number of vessels in a tumor and its degree of clinical and histopathological malignancy. The most vascular part of a tumor is the least differentiated and should be used for biopsies. Angiography can be used for the grading of fibrosarcomas, and probably for assessing clinical prognosis.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
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