Differentiation of Benign and Malignant Superficial Soft-tissue Masses Using Grayscale and Color Doppler Ultrasonography

Journal of the Chinese Medical Association

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 307-315

  Chiou, Hong Jen ^a,b   Chou, Yi Hong ^a,b   Chiu, See Ying ^a   Wang, Hsin Kai ^a   Chen, Wei Ming ^a,b   Chen, Tien Hsung ^a,b   Chang, Cheng Yen ^a,b  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

color Doppler ultrasonography; neoplasm; soft tissue mass; ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; CARCINOGENESIS; CHILD; COLOR DOPPLER ULTRASONOGRAPHY; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FALSE ANEURYSM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMATOMA; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INFANT; LIPOSARCOMA; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT FIBROUS HISTIOCYTOMA; OSTEOSARCOMA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; TUMOR VOLUME; ECHOGRAPHY; EPIDERMOID CYST; GIANT CELL TUMOR; HEMANGIOMA; METASTASIS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEURILEMOMA; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPIDERMAL CYST; FEMALE; GIANT CELL TUMORS; HEMANGIOMA; HUMANS; INFANT; LIPOSARCOMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEURILEMMOMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 69149108327     PISSN: 17264901     EISSN: 17287731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1726-4901(09)70377-6     Document Type: Article

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