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Soft tissue mass causes

Introduction

Causes by Organ System

Cardiovascular No underlying causes
Chemical/Poisoning No underlying causes
Dental No underlying causes
Dermatologic No underlying causes
Drug Side Effect No underlying causes
Ear Nose Throat No underlying causes
Endocrine No underlying causes
Environmental No underlying causes
Gastroenterologic No underlying causes
Genetic No underlying causes
Hematologic No underlying causes
Iatrogenic No underlying causes
Infectious Disease Necrotizing fasciitis
Musculoskeletal/Orthopedic Dermatomyositis, Polymyositis, Synovial chondromatosis, Calcinosis universalis, Baker’s cyst, Fibromatosis
Neurologic No underlying causes
Nutritional/Metabolic No underlying causes
Obstetric/Gynecologic No underlying causes
Oncologic

Benign Elastofibroma, Fibroma, Fibrous histiocytoma, Rhabdomyoma, Tenosynovial giant cell tumor, Myositis ossificans(fibrodysplasia ossificans), Myositis ossificans traumatica, Angiomyolipoma, Spindle cell lipoma, Pleomorphic lipoma, Chondroid lipoma, Synovial cyst, Nodular fasciitis, Lymphangioma, Myxoma, Juvenile capillary hemangioma, Multifocal cutaneous neurofibroma, Leiomyoma, Infundibular cyst, Myxoma

Malignant Fibrosarcoma, Desmoplastic small round cell tumor, Epithelioid sarcoma, Fibromyxoid sarcoma, Liposarcoma, Leiomyosarcoma, Malignant mesenchymoma, Neurofibrosarcoma, Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans, Desmoid tumor, Infantile fibrosarcoma, Solitary fibrous tumor, Alveolar soft part sarcoma, Angiosarcoma, Clear cell sarcoma, Desmoplastic small round cell tumor, Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma, Epithelioid sarcoma, Extrarenal rhabdoid tumor, Gastrointestinal stromal tumor, Infantile fibrosarcoma, Kaposi’s sarcoma, Leiomyosarcoma, Lymphangiosarcoma, Malignant fibrous histiocytoma, Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor, Myofibrosarcoma, Myxofibrosarcoma, Neurofibrosarcoma, Perivascular epitheliod cell tumor (PEComa), Rhabdomyosarcoma, Synovial cell sarcoma, Superficial malignant fibrous histiocytoma, Unclassified soft tissue sarcoma, Facial cylindroma

Metastatic soft tissue masses Melanoma

Ophthalmologic No underlying causes
Overdose/Toxicity No underlying causes
Psychiatric No underlying causes
Pulmonary No underlying causes
Renal/Electrolyte No underlying causes
Rheumatology/Immunology/Allergy
Sexual No underlying causes
Trauma Hematoma
Urologic No underlying causes
Miscellaneous Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor, Granuloma annulare

Reference

Editor-In-Chief: Template:Bone or soft tissue mass C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Ammu Susheela, M.D. [2]