Tumors of muscular origin

Last revised by Henry Knipe on 20 Jun 2020

There are a number of tumors of muscular origin, which overall are relatively uncommon, representing ~2% of benign soft tissue tumors and ~10% of malignant soft tissue tumors 1

Pathology

The tumors can be divided according to the type of muscle fiber:

Skeletal muscle origin
Smooth muscle origin

See also

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