(sar-kō′mă )

(sar-kō′măt-ă)
pl. sarcomata [ sarco- + -oma ]
A cancer arising from mesenchymal tissue such as muscle or bone, which may affect the bones, bladder, kidneys, liver, lungs, parotids, and spleen.
SEE: Kaposi sarcoma

botryoid sarcoma

A rare malignant connective tissue sarcoma occurring in the uterus, bladder, vagina, liver, or biliary tree.
SYN: SEE: embryonal rhabdosarcoma

endometrial sarcoma

A malignant sarcoma of the endometrial stroma.

giant-cell sarcoma

SEE: Giant cell tumor.

osteogenic sarcoma

A sarcoma composed of bony tissue. It is the most common bony cancer and typically afflicts adolescents.

TREATMENT
It is treated with surgery (to resect the tumor) and chemotherapy.

SYN: SEE: osteosarcoma

reticulum cell sarcoma

A rare form of malignant large cell lymphoma.

spindle cell sarcoma

A sarcoma consisting of small and large spindle-shaped cells.