PURPOSE: Echocolor Power Doppler with contrast medium forms a non-invasive vascular image; the purpose of the study is to evaluate the effectiveness in differentiating benign and malignant tumors in the soft tissues of the limbs. MATERIAL AND METHOD: Echocolor Power Doppler with contrast medium was used to study 80 patients with swelling in the soft tissues of the limbs: there were 54 benign lesions, 22 sarcomas, and 4 aggressive desmoid fibromatoses. RESULTS: Were identified 4 patterns of wash-in and wash-out curves that could be correlated to the histological diagnosis: type I was present in 85% of benign lesions, type III in 91% of malignant lesions and in 3.7% of the benign ones, type II in aggressive fibromatoses, anomalous type in 4 benign lesions and 2 sarcomas; the curve was absent in 2 benign lesions. CONCLUSIONS: Power Doppler Echocolor with contrast medium can become a useful method to be associated with traditional imaging methods in the differential diagnosis of swelling of the soft tissues of the limbs.
PURPOSE: Echocolor Power Doppler with contrast medium forms a non-invasive vascular image; the purpose of the study is to evaluate the effectiveness in differentiating benign and malignant tumors in the soft tissues of the limbs. MATERIAL AND METHOD: Echocolor Power Doppler with contrast medium was used to study 80 patients with swelling in the soft tissues of the limbs: there were 54 benign lesions, 22 sarcomas, and 4 aggressive desmoid fibromatoses. RESULTS: Were identified 4 patterns of wash-in and wash-out curves that could be correlated to the histological diagnosis: type I was present in 85% of benign lesions, type III in 91% of malignant lesions and in 3.7% of the benign ones, type II in aggressive fibromatoses, anomalous type in 4 benign lesions and 2 sarcomas; the curve was absent in 2 benign lesions. CONCLUSIONS: Power Doppler Echocolor with contrast medium can become a useful method to be associated with traditional imaging methods in the differential diagnosis of swelling of the soft tissues of the limbs.
Authors: Armanda De Marchi; Elena Maria Brach del Prever; Alessandra Linari; Simona Pozza; Lucia Verga; Ugo Albertini; Marco Forni; Gian Carlo Gino; Alessandro Comandone; Adalberto Maria Brach del Prever; Raimondo Piana; Carlo Faletti Journal: Eur Radiol Date: 2010-06-27 Impact factor: 5.315
Authors: A De Marchi; S Pozza; R Sutera; E M Brach del Prever; M Petraz; C Sena; A Linari; C Faletti Journal: Radiol Med Date: 2011-03-07 Impact factor: 3.469