From the Departments of Radiology (J.L.H.E., J.V.J.E.F., V.E.V.D.) and Pathology (L.S.H.A., R.C.C.B., M.A.R.V.), Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Neoplásicas, Av Angamos 2520 Surquillo, 15038 Lima, Peru; and Department of Radiology, Jacobi Medical Center, Bronx, NY (M.G.).
Radiographics. 2024 Feb;44(2):e230138. doi: 10.1148/rg.230138.
Genitourinary tract soft-tissue sarcomas are rare neoplasms with varied pathologic and clinical features. While some of these tumors may be aggressive high-grade malignancies, others are low grade with a relatively better prognosis. Given that the grade and extent of the disease are important prognostic factors in these tumors, timely diagnosis is crucial. Unfortunately, most imaging features of these malignancies are not pathognomonic, and various histologic subtypes do not manifest with typical classic imaging features. Therefore, reliable differentiation of the various histologic tumor types is not always possible based solely on the radiologic manifestations. Imaging findings need to be considered in the context of clinical history in corroboration with radiologic-pathologic correlation. The authors discuss the specific imaging and pathologic characteristics of various genitourinary tract soft-tissue sarcomas, emphasizing diagnostic difficulties and differential diagnoses. RSNA, 2024 Test Your Knowledge questions for this article are available in the supplemental material.
泌尿生殖系统软组织肉瘤是一种罕见的肿瘤,具有多种病理和临床特征。虽然这些肿瘤中的一些可能是侵袭性的高级别恶性肿瘤,但其他肿瘤的级别较低,预后相对较好。鉴于疾病的分级和程度是这些肿瘤的重要预后因素,及时诊断至关重要。不幸的是,这些恶性肿瘤的大多数影像学特征都没有特异性,并且各种组织学亚型并不表现出典型的经典影像学特征。因此,仅根据影像学表现并不能可靠地区分各种组织学肿瘤类型。在与放射病理相关性相结合的情况下,应根据临床病史考虑影像学发现。作者讨论了各种泌尿生殖系统软组织肉瘤的具体影像学和病理学特征,强调了诊断困难和鉴别诊断。本文的 RSNA2024 知识测试问题可在补充材料中找到。