Soft Tissue Tumors: Imaging Features of Primary Soft Tissue Malignancies

Abstract

Imaging in soft tissue sarcomas (STS) plays a key role in diagnosis, surgical planning, and assessment of treatment response, and surveillance. In this review, we discuss the imaging features-with an emphasis on MR imaging-of nonvisceral STS, highlighting representative tumors from the various WHO subtypes. We focus on imaging findings that may aid the radiologist in categorizing tumor subtype and grade, and that affect disease staging.

Keywords: MR imaging; Musculoskeletal oncology; Radiology; Soft tissue sarcoma; Tumor.