Explore: Connective Tissue Neoplasms

Connective tissue is biological tissue that is found in between other tissues in the body. Most types of connective tissue consists of three main components:

A connective tissue neoplasm or connective tissue tumor is a neoplasm arising from the tissues of the connective tissue. (Not all tumors in the connective

tumor. ICD-10 classifies neoplasms into four main groups: benign neoplasms, in situ neoplasms, malignant neoplasms, and neoplasms of uncertain or unknown

A soft-tissue sarcoma (STS) is a malignant tumor, a type of cancer, that develops in soft tissue. A soft-tissue sarcoma is often a painless mass that grows

unmyelinated axons, Schwann cells surrounded by connective tissue. The three layers of connective tissue surrounding each nerve are: Endoneurium. Each nerve

fibrous tissue neoplasm is a tumor derived primarily from Fibrous connective tissue. An example is fibroma. Fibroepithelial neoplasms "Fibrous tissue neoplasm"

171 Malignant neoplasm of connective and other soft tissue Rhabdomyosarcoma 172 Malignant melanoma of skin 173 Other malignant neoplasm of skin 174 Malignant

cells means that sarcomas are cancers of connective tissues such as bone, cartilage, muscle, fat, or vascular tissues. Sarcomas are one of five different types

Adipose tissue (also known as body fat or simply fat) is a loose connective tissue composed mostly of adipocytes. It also contains the stromal vascular

An adipose tissue neoplasm is a neoplasm derived from adipose tissue. An example is lipoma. v t e