Terms Defined
Subcutaneous soft tissue tumors: usually benign and resected without removing a significant amount of surrounding normal tissue.
Fascial or subfascial soft tissue tumors: usually benign, involve fascia and/or muscle, and resected without removing a significant amount of surrounding normal tissue.
Digital (ie, fingers and toes) subcutaneous tumors: adjacent to but not breaching the tendon, tendon sheath, or joint capsule.
Digital (ie, fingers and toes) fascial or subfascial tumors: involve the tendon, tendon sheath, or joint capsule.
Radical resection of soft tissue tumors: most commonly used for malignant tumors, and extremely aggressive benign tumors in which wide margins of normal tissue are excised.