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Soft tissue sarcoma: Recognizing a rare disease

Amir Hossain Gahanbani Ardakani, BSc, MBBS, Alex Woollard, BM, BSc, PhD, FRCS (Plast), Howard Ware, MBBS, FRCS (Tr&Orth) and Panagiotis Gikas, MBBS Hons, MD (Res), PhD, FRCS (Tr&Orth)
Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2022, 89 (2) 73-80; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.89a.21078

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    Clinical features of soft tissue masses that require urgent investigation

    Increasing size
    Size greater than 5 cm (ie, golf-ball size)
    Deeper-lying mass (deep to fascia)
    Firmer than surrounding tissue
    Patient has potential risk factors (previous radiotherapy, chronic lymphedema, inherited syndrome such as Gardner syndrome, Li-Fraumeni syndrome, and von Recklinghausen disease)
    Local symptoms and signs of infiltration
    With or without pain (large painless lumps should raise concern)
    The greater the number of clinical features, the greater the risk of malignancy.
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