Role of ultrasound in the diagnosis of common soft tissue lesions of the limbs

Ultrasound Quarterly

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 67-71

  Wu, Size ^a   Tu, Rong ^a   Liu, Guangqing ^a   Shi, Yusen ^a  

^a HAINAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

diagnosis; limbs; soft tissue lesions; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOLIPOMA; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ECHOGRAPHY; EPIDERMOID CYST; FEMALE; FIBROLIPOMA; FIBROMA; FIBROSARCOMA; GRANULOMA; HAMARTOMA; HEMANGIOMA; HEMATOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATION; LIMB INJURY; LIPOFIBROMATOUS HAMARTOMA; LIPOMA; LIPOSARCOMA; LYMPHANGIOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEURILEMOMA; MYOMA; NEUROFIBROMA; POPLITEAL CYST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; TERATOMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874949038     PISSN: 08948771     EISSN: 15360253     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RUQ.0b013e3182823617     Document Type: Review

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