Benign connective tissue tumors
Benign tumors of the connective tissue gather all the benign tumors originating from the
supportive tissue of various organs and the nonepithelial, extraskeletal structures (exclusive of
lymphohematopoietic tissues) : fibrous connective tissue, adipose tissue, skeletal muscle, blood/lymph
vessels, and the peripheral nervous system. Benign connective tissue tumors are 100 times more frequent
than the malignant ones (sarcomas). Among these, the most frequent are: lipoma, hemangioma, leiomyoma,
chondroma and osteoma.
Nomenclature : suffix "oma"+ type of the proliferated tissue.
s-soft