CAJ | 학술논문

Mesenchymoms is a mesoderm tumor com.posed of a variety of mesenchymal tissues.This paper reports a collection of 15 cases seen from 1980 to 1984.14 were benign and 1 malignant.The tumoers were located on thigh (5 cases),leg (2),arm (1),forearm (1),foot (3),head(2) and in scrotum(1).Local destruction of bones was noted on X-rays in 5 cases.They were divided into three types according to the clinical characteristics and pathology: 1.Hemangioma type (6 cases),It has cilinical menifestation similar to that of intermuscular hemangioma and is composed largely of blood vessels,mixed with adipose and fibrous tissues.2.Fibroma type(4 cases),tumors of this kind,composed mostly of fibrous tissues always develop under the skin are rather hard.3.Lipoma or sarcoid type (5 cases).located or diffused swelling of the extremities is the most common clinical picture.The lesion mainly consists of adipose tissue and tends to be misdiagnosed as sarcoma.Surgical excision should be complete in order to prevent recurrence.Four operations were performed for the malignant case in this series,with satisfying final results.