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. 2025 Apr 15;17(8):1327. doi: 10.3390/cancers17081327
ALK Anaplastic lymphoma kinase
CT Computed tomography
DFM Desmoid fibromatosis
DOG1 Discovered on GIST-1
EBV Epstein–Barr virus
EBER EBV-encoded small RNA
EFDCS Epstein–Barr virus-positive inflammatory follicular dendritic cell sarcoma
EIMS Epithelioid inflammatory myofibroblastic sarcoma
ERMS Embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma
FDC Follicular dendritic cell
FISH Fluorescence in situ hybridization
RMS Embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma
GIST Gastrointestinal stromal tumor
H&E Hematoxylin and eosin
HPF High-power field
IFP Inflammatory fibroid polyp
IGSD Immunoglobulin G4-related sclerosing disease
IHC Immunohistochemistry
ILPS Inflammatory leiomyosarcoma
IPT Inflammatory pseudotumor
ISH In situ hybridization
IWDLPS Inflammatory well-differentiated liposarcoma
KIT KIT proto-oncogene, receptor tyrosine kinase
LGMS Low-grade myofibroblastic sarcoma
MIFS Myxoinflammatory fibroblastic sarcoma
MIMS Myxoid inflammatory myofibroblastic sarcoma
MRI Magnetic resonance imaging
MSA Muscle-specific actin
MYOD1 Myogenic differentiation 1
NCCN National Comprehensive Cancer Network
NF Nodular fasciitis
NGS Next-generation sequencing
PAIMT Pregnancy–associated inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor
PDGFRA Platelet-derived growth factor receptor alpha
PMP Pseudosarcomatous myofiboblastic proliferation
SDHB Succinate dehydrogenase subunit B
SMA Smooth muscle actin
STR Short tandem repeat
TKI Tyrosine kinase inhibitors
WHO World Health Organization