Comparative Study of Imprint Cytology and Histopathology of Soft Tissue Tumors.

Background: The components of soft tissue are fibroblasts, collagen, vascular structures, fatty tissue, skeletal muscles, smooth muscles, and neural tissue. The real incidence of soft tissue tumors (STTs) is difficult to estimate because most of them are benign (Benign: Malignant-100:1).

Aims: The aim of the present study was undertaken to note the patterns of presentation of patients with STTs and to evaluate the findings of imprint cytology (IC) and histopathological examination (HPE) of STTs.

Cytodiagnosis of epithelioid malignant melanoma (amelanotic) and diagnostic dilemmas.

Melanoma is an aggressive neoplasm, and early diagnosis can reduce mortality in such patients. Diagnosis may be delayed in amelanotic tumors. We present one such case, a 35-year-old lady with a rapidly growing mass over the right angle of mandible.