Pathologically Benign Lymph Nodes Can Mimic Malignancy on Imaging in Patients With Angiomatoid Fibrous Histiocytoma.

CONCLUSIONS: Patients with newly diagnosed AFH present with benign lymph nodes that are mistaken for malignancy on imaging. Orthopaedic surgeons and radiologists should be aware of this finding in patients with AFH. Less-invasive management of suspicious nodes, such as image-guided biopsy, may be preferable to nodal resections, as this will help decrease the aggressiveness of surgery for patients with newly diagnosed AFH. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level IV, diagnostic study. PMID: 28536856 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research - Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Tags: Clin Orthop Relat Res Source Type: research