scholarly journals Diagnostic value of tumor-fascia relationship in superficial soft tissue masses on magnetic resonance imaging

PLoS ONE ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (12) ◽  
pp. e0209642 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tadashi Iwai ◽  
Manabu Hoshi ◽  
Naoto Oebisu ◽  
Masanari Aono ◽  
Masatugu Takami ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Resonance Imaging ◽  
Magnetic Resonance ◽  
Soft Tissue ◽  
Diagnostic Value ◽  
Resonance Imaging ◽  
Soft Tissue Masses ◽  
Superficial Soft Tissue

Can computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging differentiate between malignant pathology and osteomyelitis in the central skull base?

2015 ◽  
Vol 129 (9) ◽  
pp. 852-859 ◽  
Author(s):  
F D Lesser ◽  
S G Derbyshire ◽  
H Lewis-Jones
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Resonance Imaging ◽  
Computed Tomography ◽  
Magnetic Resonance ◽  
Soft Tissue ◽  
Skull Base ◽  
Resonance Imaging ◽  
Intravenous Contrast ◽  
Skull Base Osteomyelitis ◽  
Bony Destruction ◽  
Soft Tissue Masses

AbstractBackground:Central skull base osteomyelitis is clinically difficult to distinguish from malignancy.Method:The computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging scans of six patients with central skull base osteomyelitis were compared with scans from patients with a range of skull base conditions.Results and conclusion:Computed tomography scans of central skull base osteomyelitis show much less bony destruction relative to the magnetic resonance imaging changes, whereas malignancy cases were associated with similar bony destruction on computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging. In magnetic resonance imaging scans, it was possible to confirm previous findings of clival hypointensity on T1-weighted images relative to normal fatty marrow. In addition, there were signs of pre- and para-clival soft tissue infiltration, with the obliteration of normal fat planes and frank soft tissue masses in all six central skull base osteomyelitis patients. Signal intensity on T2-weighted images of the clivus was high in five central skull base osteomyelitis patients. With intravenous contrast, fascial plane anatomy appeared restored in central skull base osteomyelitis cases, almost in keeping with that of non-involved areas. This was not a feature in any of the malignant conditions.

The diagnostic value of diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging in soft tissue abscesses

2011 ◽  
Vol 77 (3) ◽  
pp. 490-494 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ozkan Unal ◽  
Halil Ibrahim Koparan ◽  
Serhat Avcu ◽  
Ali Murat Kalender ◽  
Erol Kisli
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Resonance Imaging ◽  
Magnetic Resonance ◽  
Soft Tissue ◽  
Diagnostic Value ◽  
Resonance Imaging ◽  
Diffusion Weighted ◽  
Weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Soft Tissue Metastasis from Carcinoma. A Case Report

1989 ◽  
Vol 75 (6) ◽  
pp. 630-633 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giuseppe Mignani ◽  
Douglas McDonald ◽  
Stefano Boriani ◽  
Maddalena Avella ◽  
Luca Gaiani ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Resonance Imaging ◽  
Case Report ◽  
Magnetic Resonance ◽  
Soft Tissue ◽  
Preoperative Staging ◽  
Incisional Biopsy ◽  
Resonance Imaging ◽  
Soft Tissue Metastasis ◽  
Pulmonary Carcinoma ◽  
Soft Tissue Masses

The authors report a case of a man who developed soft tissue metastasis to the thigh from pulmonary carcinoma. In the preoperative staging, computerized tomograms and magnetic resonance imaging allowed to identify and characterize the features of soft tissue masses; these studies, however, must be always completed with needle (tru-cut) or incisional biopsy.

Pigmented Villonodular Synovitis of the Ankle

2011 ◽  
Vol 101 (3) ◽  
pp. 252-258 ◽  
Author(s):  
Da-Peng Hao ◽  
Jian-Zhong Zhang ◽  
Wen-Jian Xu ◽  
Zhen-Chang Wang ◽  
Xue-Na Wang
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Resonance Imaging ◽  
Magnetic Resonance ◽  
Soft Tissue ◽  
Bone Erosion ◽  
Pigmented Villonodular Synovitis ◽  
Magnetic Resonance Images ◽  
Villonodular Synovitis ◽  
Resonance Imaging ◽  
Soft Tissue Masses ◽  
Pigmented Villonodular

Background: Pigmented villonodular synovitis (PVNS) of the ankle is a rare benign proliferative growth of the synovium. Studies of the radiologic characteristics of ankle PVNS are sparse. Methods: To characterize the radiologic features of ankle PVNS, five patients with histologically proven ankle PVNS were retrospectively studied. The features of their radiographs, computed tomographic scans, and magnetic resonance images were reviewed, with emphasis on the morphological features, extension, margin, bone involvement, signal intensity, and degree of magnetic resonance enhancement. Results: All five lesions were diffuse, affecting the ankle and distal tibiofibular joint; three lesions also involved the subtalar joint. Radiography demonstrated extrinsic bone erosions with marginal sclerosis of the involved joints in all of the patients, but computed tomography identified this much better than did radiography. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed multiple lobulated soft-tissue masses in all of the cases. These soft-tissue masses surrounded the flexor hallux longus tendon and were hypointense on T1-weighted images, with a heterogeneous signal in two cases and homogenous hypointensity in three cases on fat-suppressed T2-weighted images. In one patient who underwent gadolinium-enhanced imaging, the masses showed intense enhancement. Conclusions: Magnetic resonance imaging is the best way to reveal ankle PVNS. Magnetic resonance imaging findings of predominant hypointensity on all pulse sequences and standard radiography findings of bone erosion with marginal sclerosis are characteristic. (J Am Podiatr Med Assoc 101(3): 252–258, 2011)

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