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Neonatal Soft Tissue Sarcomas

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Soft tissue lesions in neonates are relatively common. They cause concern for parents and can also present diagnostic difficulties for health professionals. Fortunately most are benign and usually vascular or developmental in origin. However, a small number of these lesions are found to be malignant and can present significant challenges in terms of management and may carry a poor prognosis. Therefore it is important to develop an approach to the diagnosis and management of all soft tissue lesions that will allow such tumours to be distinguished from the more common benign lesions.

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  1. Bristol Royal Hospital for Children, Upper Maudlin Street, Bristol, BS2 8BJ, UK

    Timothy N. Rogers MBBCh, FCS(SA), FRCS(Paed)

  2. Medical Oncology, Bristol Royal Hospital for Children, Bristol, UK

    Helen L. Rees FRCPCH

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  1. Division of Child Health, Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, United Kingdom

    Paul D. Losty

  2. University of Pennsylvania , Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

    Alan W. Flake

  3. Childrens Hospital, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

    Risto J. Rintala

  4. Royal Children’s Hospital, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia

    John M. Hutson

  5. Department of Surgery, Meiji University of Integrative Medicine, Kyoto, Japan

    Naomi lwai

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Rogers, T.N., Rees, H.L. (2018). Neonatal Soft Tissue Sarcomas. In: Losty, P., Flake, A., Rintala, R., Hutson, J., lwai, N. (eds) Rickham's Neonatal Surgery. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-4721-3_58

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