Sonography of musculoskeletal soft-tissue masses: Techniques, pearls, and pitfalls

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 202, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1281-1290

  Carra, Bradley J ^a,b   Bui Mansfield, Liem T ^b,c   O'Brien, Seth D ^b,c   Chen, Dillon C ^b,c  

^a WILFORD HALL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BROOKE ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Extremities; Musculoskeletal system; Soft tissue mass; Sonography; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ACROMIOCLAVICULAR JOINT CYST; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; BONE LESION; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONGENITAL BLOOD VESSEL MALFORMATION; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FALSE ANEURYSM; GANGLION; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; JOINT TUMOR; LIPOMA; MOREL LAVALLEE LESION; NERVE TUMOR; PERIPHERAL NERVE SHEATH TUMOR; POPLITEAL CYST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOFT TISSUE RADIOGRAPHY; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR; TISSUE INJURY; TISSUE STRUCTURE; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; ADULT; AGED; ARTHROPATHY; CYST; FEMALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CYSTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINT DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; SOFT TISSUE INJURIES; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; VASCULAR MALFORMATIONS;

EID: 84904136086     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.13.11564     Document Type: Review

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