Scheduleyourappointmentnowforsafein-personcare.Learnmore:MayoClinicfactsaboutcoronavirusdisease2019(COVID-19)Our COVID-19patient andvisitorguidelines,plustrustedhealthinformationLateston COVID-19vaccination bysite:ArizonapatientvaccinationupdatesArizona,FloridapatientvaccinationupdatesFlorida,RochesterpatientvaccinationupdatesRochesterandMayoClinicHealthSystempatientvaccinationupdatesMCHSSkiptositenavigationSkiptoContentThiscontentdoesnothaveanEnglishversion.ThiscontentdoesnothaveanArabicversion.SectionsforSofttissuesarcomaSymptoms&causesDiagnosis&treatmentDoctors&departmentsCareatMayoClinicPrintWe'rewelcomingpatientsatMayoClinicSeeoursafetyprecautionsinresponsetoCOVID-19.Requestanappointment.EpithelioidsarcomaEpithelioidsarcomaisarare,slow-growingtypeofsofttissuecancer.Mostcasesbegininthesofttissueundertheskinofafinger,hand,forearm,lowerlegorfoot,thoughitcanstartinotherareasofthebody.Typically,epithelioidsarcomastartsasasmallfirmgrowthorlumpthat'spainless.Itusuallystartsoutasasinglegrowth,butmultiplegrowthsmayoccurbythetimeapersonseeksmedicalhelp.Sometimesthissarcomaappearsasulcersthatdon'theal,lookinglikeopenwoundsoverthegrowths.Theclassicform(distal-type)ofepithelioidsarcomamainlyoccursinteenagersandyoungadults.Ararerform,calledlarge-cell(proximal-type)epithelioidsarcoma,tendstobemoreaggressiveandmainlyaffectsadults.Epithelioidsarcomatendstohaveahighrateofrecurrenceandcanspreadtootherareas.Soifepithelioidsarcomaissuspected,it'sbesttoseekcareatacomprehensivecancercenterthatseesmorecasesofsofttissuesarcomatoensureproperdiagnosisandtreatment,andtohelppreventthecancerfromrecurring.RequestanAppointmentatMayoClinicDiagnosisEpithelioidsarcomacanbedifficulttodiagnosebecauseitmaybeconfusedwithotherconditionsthathavesimilarsigns.Forexample,anulcerontheskinthatisn'thealingcouldbemistakenforaskininfection.Testsandproceduresusedindiagnosisofepithelioidinclude:Imaging.Magneticresonanceimaging(MRI)istypicallythemethodofimagingbecauseofthelevelofdetailitprovides.Sometimesotherim