The Role of Ultrasound in the Diagnosis of Soft Tissue Tumors
| Autor: | Alberto Tagliafico, Radhesh Lalam, Costantino Errani, Maria Pilar Aparisi Gómez, Stefano Fanti, Violeta Vasilevska Nikodinovska, Alberto Bazzocchi, Luca Maria Sconfienza |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Aparisi Gómez MP, Errani C, Lalam R, Vasilevska Nikodinovska V, Fanti S, Tagliafico AS, Sconfienza LM, Bazzocchi A. |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
soft tissue neoplasms Soft Tissue Neoplasm hemangioma lipoma sarcoma ultrasonography Malignancy 030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging Diagnosis Differential Hemangioma 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Biopsy Ultrasound medicine Humans Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Auditory ossicle 030203 arthritis & rheumatology medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Soft tissue Lipoma Tissue Tumor medicine.disease Nerve sheath tumor Radiology business |
| Popis: | The vast majority of soft tissue masses are benign. Benign lesions such as superficial lipomas and ganglia are by far the most common soft tissue masses and can be readily identified and excluded on ultrasound (US). US is an ideal triaging tool for superficial soft tissue masses. Compared with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), High-resolution US is inexpensive, readily available, well tolerated, and safe. It also allows the radiologist to interact with the patient as a clinician. In this review, we describe and illustrate the lesions with typical (diagnostic) US features. When the appearances of the lesion are not typical as expected for a benign lesion, lesions are deep or large, or malignancy is suspected clinically, MRI and biopsy are needed. The management of suspicious soft tissue tumors has to be carefully planned by a multidisciplinary team involving specialized surgeons and pathologists at a tumor center. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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