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Ly JQ, Sanders TG, Mulloy JP, Soares GM, Beall DP, Parsons TW, Slabaugh MA. Osseous change adjacent to soft-tissue hemangiomas of the extremities: correlation with lesion size and proximity to bone. AJR Am J Roentgenol 2003; 180:1695-700. [PMID: 12760946 DOI: 10.2214/ajr.180.6.1801695] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to describe the findings of MR imaging and radiographic changes that occur in osseous structures adjacent to soft-tissue hemangiomas of the extremities and to correlate them with patient symptomatology, the size of the hemangiomas, and their proximity to adjacent bone. MATERIALS AND METHODS We retrospectively reviewed the radiographs and MR images of 35 patients with soft-tissue hemangiomas of the extremities. The pattern and extent of the osseous change were categorized as periosteal, cortical, or medullary. Symptomatology, size, and proximity of the hemangioma to the adjacent bone were compared with the presence or absence of osseous change. Statistical analysis was performed using the Student's t test. RESULTS Osseous change was noted on radiographs in 13 (37%) of 35 patients and on MR images in 11 (31%) of 35 patients with a total of 14 patients (40%) showing osseous change on at least one study. Periosteal change was present in eight (23%) of 35 patients; cortical change, in 11 (31%) of 35 patients; and medullary change, in 10 (29%) of 35 patients. Direct contact between the soft-tissue hemangioma and the adjacent bone was seen in 13 of 14 patients with osseous change. In those patients without osseous change, the average distance between the soft-tissue hemangioma and bone was 1.06 cm (range, 0-4 cm). No correlation was found between symptoms and the presence of osseous change. CONCLUSION Soft-tissue hemangiomas of the extremities frequently result in adjacent osseous change that can be categorized as either periosteal, cortical, or medullary. Only medullary changes correspond with hemangioma size, whereas all three categories of change correlate with the proximity of the hemangioma to the adjacent bone. The presence of osseous change does not correlate with patient symptomatology.
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- Justin Q Ly
- Department of Radiology, Wilford Hall USAF Medical Center, 759th MDTS/MTRD, Ste. 1, 2200 Bergquist Dr., Lackland AFB, TX 78236-5300, USA
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Higuchi T, Taki J, Nakajima K, Kinuya S, Nonomura A, Tsuchiya H, Bunko H, Namura M, Tonami N. Differentiation of soft tissue haemangioma by 201Tl scintigraphy. Nucl Med Commun 2003; 24:327-30. [PMID: 12612475 DOI: 10.1097/00006231-200303000-00014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Radiological diagnosis of deep soft tissue is often difficult. In the present study, thallium-201 ( Tl) uptake into haemangiomas and deep malignant soft tissue tumours was investigated in order to assess its clinical utility. Tl scintigraphy was reviewed in four patients presenting with soft tissue haemangiomas. Early and delayed planar images, obtained at 15 min and 3 h following the intravenous injection of Tl (111 MBq), were examined. The Tl uptake ratio was calculated by dividing the count density of the tumour region of interest (ROI) by that of the background ROI. Results were compared with those of five cases of rhabdomyosarcoma and a single instance of angiosarcoma. All haemangioma lesions demonstrated increased Tl uptake in early images. However, Tl uptake in delayed images was markedly decreased. No significant differences were observed in the early uptake ratio between haemangiomas (1.60-2.72) and reference malignant tumours (1.48-2.45); however, the difference was significant in delayed images (range, 1.01-1.26 vs. 1.43-2.03, respectively) ( P<0.02). Deep soft tissue haemangiomas revealed Tl accumulation in early images; however, a rapid washout was observed in delayed images. This distinctive feature may facilitate the use of Tl scintigraphy in the diagnosis of haemangiomas.
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- T Higuchi
- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Kanazawa University School of Medicine, Kanazawa Cardiovascular Hospital, Kanazawa, Japan.
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Hatayama K, Watanabe H, Ahmed AR, Yanagawa T, Shinozaki T, Oriuchi N, Aoki J, Takeuchi K, Endo K, Takagishi K. Evaluation of hemangioma by positron emission tomography: role in a multimodality approach. J Comput Assist Tomogr 2003; 27:70-7. [PMID: 12544246 DOI: 10.1097/00004728-200301000-00013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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PURPOSE The relative utility of various preoperative diagnostic imaging modalities for the evaluation of hemangioma of the extremities, including positron emission tomography (PET) (using 18F-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose [FDG] and fluorine-18 alpha-methyltyrosine [FMT]), computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and digital subtraction angiography (DSA), was investigated. METHODS Imaging findings in 16 patients with 16 histopathologically documented hemangiomas of the extremities were retrospectively reviewed. Preoperative imaging included: FDG-PET (n = 16), FMT-PET (n = 12), MRI (n =16), CT (n =11), and DSA (n =14). RESULTS All 16 lesions examined by PET with FDG and/or FMT showed accumulation. The standardized uptake values (SUVs) for FDG-PET for the 16 examined tumors ranged from 0.7 to 1.67; for FMT-PET, they ranged from 0.14 to 1.00. The SUVs with both tracers indicated the benign nature of the tumor. Computed tomography demonstrated variable attenuation and phleboliths in two patients. The MRI signal characteristics were relatively consistent: heterogeneous signals were slightly higher than those of skeletal muscle on T1-weighted images and brighter than those of subcutaneous fat on T2-weighted images. The pooling and cotton-wool staining depicted in DSA was found to be significantly correlated with FDG accumulation, suggesting that localized blood retention-induced ischemia may accelerate anaerobic glycolysis, which leads to high FDG uptake. CONCLUSION Although plain radiography, CT, MRI, and angiography may provide anatomic extent and be pathognomonic, FDG-PET and FMT-PET may be the most reliable among the studied imaging modalities for differentiating benign hemangiomas from other soft tissue tumors, especially malignant neoplasms.
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- Kazuhisa Hatayama
- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Gunma University Faculty of Medicine, Maebashi, Japan
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Synovial hemangiomas are relatively rare tumors. Clinicians are inclined to delay treatment in most cases. We encountered three cases, in which there was a delay before the patients were operated on. During the relatively long-term postoperative follow up, none of the three cases showed a recurrence of either hemoarthrosis or knee pain. However, limitations in motion or osteoarthritic changes in the affected knee joint remained. We therefore consider that synovial hemangiomas of the knee, even if found in young children, could possibly result in postoperative limitations in motion or osteoarthritic changes.
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MESH Headings
- Adolescent
- Arthroscopy
- Biopsy
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Diagnosis, Differential
- Female
- Hemangioma, Capillary/complications
- Hemangioma, Capillary/diagnosis
- Hemangioma, Capillary/surgery
- Hemangioma, Cavernous/complications
- Hemangioma, Cavernous/diagnosis
- Hemangioma, Cavernous/surgery
- Hemarthrosis/etiology
- Humans
- Joint Diseases/complications
- Joint Diseases/diagnosis
- Joint Diseases/surgery
- Knee Joint
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Male
- Osteoarthritis, Knee/etiology
- Pain/etiology
- Prognosis
- Range of Motion, Articular
- Recurrence
- Synovial Membrane
- Treatment Outcome
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- Tomoyuki Abe
- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Ogikubo Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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Bhatnagar P, Batra A, Sharma S, Krishan S, Soni NL, Tripathy RP, Bhatnagar A. Massive hemangioma or lymphedema? A case with a diagnostic dilemma. Clin Nucl Med 2002; 27:261-4. [PMID: 11914665 DOI: 10.1097/00003072-200204000-00005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The authors present an unusual case of massive enlargement of the right lower extremity that was treated as lymphedema secondary to filarial infection. A multiple-method approach beginning with scintigraphy led to the diagnosis of massive hemangioma with probable associated lymphatic proliferation. Abnormal local proliferation of vascular and lymphatic tissue is a developmental anomaly that is difficult to diagnose or characterize, even with histopathologic data. Individual imaging methods may also yield nonspecific findings. Blood-pool scintigraphy, therefore, has a definitive role to play in assessing such complex lesions.
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- Parul Bhatnagar
- Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences, Brig. Mazumdar Marg, Delhi 110054, India
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Nagira K, Yamamoto T, Marui T, Akisue T, Yoshiya S, Kurosaka M. Ossified intramuscular hemangioma: multimodality imaging findings. Clin Imaging 2001; 25:368-72. [PMID: 11682298 DOI: 10.1016/s0899-7071(01)00319-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Whereas calcification of hemangiomas is common, ossification is unusual. Multimodality imaging findings of a rare case of an ossified intramuscular hemangioma in the calf of a 24-year-old woman are presented. Radiographic, computed tomographic, magnetic resonance (MR), scintigraphic, and histologic features of this case are reported. The radiologic differential diagnosis of an ossified mass in soft tissue is also discussed.
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- K Nagira
- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kobe University School of Medicine, 7-5-1 Kusunoki-cho, Chuo-ku, 650-0017, Kobe, Japan
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BACKGROUND Hemangiomas are common skin tumors of infancy that have undergone recent changes in nomenclature, methods of evaluation, and treatment. OBJECTIVE To review the nomenclature, epidemiology, evaluation, and treatment of common hemangiomas. METHODS A literature search was conducted utilizing MEDLINE and the Cochrane library databases. Text search words used were "hemangioma" and "infancy." The clinical experience of the authors was also used to formulate the review. RESULTS There have been many advances in nomenclature and therapeutic options for children with hemangiomas. Hemangiomas are proliferative tumors of infancy that should be distinguished from structural malformations, such as port-wine stains and lymphangiomas. CONCLUSION Natural involution remains a viable treatment option for the majority of patients with uncomplicated hemangiomas. Excisional surgery, laser, and pharmacologic remedies are indicated for a subset of complicated hemangioma patients.
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- S M Dinehart
- Departments of Dermatology and Pediatrics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA.
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Theumann NH, Bittoun J, Goettmann S, Le Viet D, Chevrot A, Drapé JL. Hemangiomas of the fingers: MR imaging evaluation. Radiology 2001; 218:841-7. [PMID: 11230665 DOI: 10.1148/radiology.218.3.r01mr18841] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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PURPOSE To report the magnetic resonance (MR) imaging features of finger hemangiomas. MATERIALS AND METHODS Sixteen patients clinically suspected of having hemangioma of the finger underwent 1.5-T MR imaging with a customized local gradient coil. The location, size, margins, signal intensity, and enhancement patterns of the lesions were noted. In accordance with the literature on MR imaging of deep hemangiomas, the authors' findings could be divided into those with typical features-that is, high signal intensity at T1- and T2-weighted imaging, lobulated appearance, strong enhancement, and heterogeneous pattern with flow void artifacts-and those with atypical features. The reference standard was surgery (n = 12) or clinical outcome (n = 4). RESULTS One posttraumatic hematoma was excluded. Most lesions were in the fingertip (n = 10), with involvement of the nail bed and/or the pulp (n = 5). Hemangiomas were classified as typical in ten cases and atypical in five. The mean size of typical lesions was larger than that of atypical lesions. The unique imaging features of atypical hemangiomas included a masslike appearance, which was either homogeneous with diffuse enhancement-suggestive of hypervascularity (n = 2)-or heterogeneous with poor enhancement (n = 3). CONCLUSION MR imaging characteristics of finger hemangiomas can be classified as typical or atypical. Knowledge of both patterns can be helpful in the distinction of soft-tissue abnormalities at this location.
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- N H Theumann
- Department of Radiology B, CHU Cochin, AP-HP-Université Paris V, 27 rue du Fg Saint-Jacques, 75014 Paris, France
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Teo EL, Strouse PJ, Hernandez RJ. MR imaging differentiation of soft-tissue hemangiomas from malignant soft-tissue masses. AJR Am J Roentgenol 2000; 174:1623-8. [PMID: 10845496 DOI: 10.2214/ajr.174.6.1741623] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to determine whether MR imaging features can reliably distinguish hemangiomas from malignant soft-tissue masses. MATERIALS AND METHODS We retrospectively reviewed MR imaging studies of 22 patients with soft-tissue hemangiomas and 22 patients with malignant soft-tissue masses. Images were reviewed and agreement reached by a consensus interpretation of two observers and by an independent observer. Masses were evaluated for signal intensity on T1- and T2-weighted images, for enhancement with gadolinium administration, and for morphology (lobulation, septation, central low-intensity dots). Lesion T2 signal and lesion enhancement with gadolinium administration were also objectively measured using regions of interest and comparison with skeletal muscle. RESULTS Signal intensity on T1-weighted imaging of hemangiomas and malignant soft-tissue masses was similar. Subjective analysis showed greater T2 signal and gadolinium enhancement in hemangiomas; however, the differences were not statistically significant on objective analysis. Lobulation, septation, and central low-signal-intensity dots were all more common in hemangiomas, with statistical significance achieved; the combination of all three findings was specific for hemangioma. CONCLUSION Although no single MR imaging feature was diagnostic in this study, analysis of lesion morphology, signal intensity, and enhancement with gadolinium allowed MR imaging differentiation of hemangiomas from malignant soft-tissue masses.
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- Department of Radiology, C. S. Mott Children's Hospital, University of Michigan Health Centers, Ann Arbor 48109-0252, USA
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To successfully examine the musculoskeletal system sonographically, one must understand the normal musculoskeletal anatomy and function and be aware of the abnormal processes that affect the musculoskeletal structures. The goal of this review article is to provide a systematic approach to sonographic examination of the musculoskeletal system. The general sonographic appearances of normal and abnormal muscles, tendons, ligaments, bursae, and nerves are reviewed. The article then applies this general information to specific clinical applications by reviewing the normal anatomy of and specific pathologic conditions that affect the shoulder, elbow, hand, wrist, hip, knee, ankle, and foot.
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- Department of Radiology, Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, Washington 98111, USA
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Pathologic processes that may involve the chest wall include congenital and developmental anomalies, inflammatory and infectious diseases, and soft-tissue and bone tumors. Many of these processes have characteristic radiologic appearances that allow definitive diagnosis. Sternal deformities can be visualized at radiography and their severity quantified with computed tomography (CT). In cervical rib, CT with multiplanar reconstruction may demonstrate relevant anatomic detail and the relationship between bone deformity and arterial compression. In Poland syndrome, radiography reveals an area of hyperlucency on the affected side, whereas CT demonstrates the absence of the greater pectoral muscle and clearly depicts associated musculoskeletal anomalies. Tuberculosis typically manifests at radiography and CT as osseous and cartilaginous destruction and soft-tissue masses with calcification and rim enhancement. Aspergillosis involving the chest wall manifests as pulmonary consolidations and permeative osteolytic changes of the rib and spine at CT and as an area of increased signal intensity at T2-weighted magnetic resonance (MR) imaging. Neurogenic tumors and hemangiomas also typically have high signal intensity at T2-weighted MR imaging. Apparent mass extension or unequivocal bone destruction seen at CT or MR imaging may indicate chest wall involvement by lymphoma. Radiologically, soft-tissue sarcomas typically appear as areas of soft-tissue density or attenuation, often associated with necrotic areas of low density or attenuation. At radiography, plasmacytoma typically manifests as well-defined, "punched-out" lytic lesions with associated extrapleural soft-tissue masses. Chondrosarcoma frequently appears as a large, lobulated excrescent mass arising from a rib with scattered flocculent calcifications characteristic of its cartilaginous mix. Familiarity with these radiologic features facilitates accurate diagnosis and optimal patient treatment.
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- M Y Jeung
- Department of Radiology, University Hospital of Strasbourg, France
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Campanacci M. Angiomas and Angiodysplasias. BONE AND SOFT TISSUE TUMORS 1999:1051-1081. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-7091-3846-5_74] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/02/2023]
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Kogon B, Kabeer M, Sawchuk AP, Dalsing M, Billings S. Angiosarcoma presenting as an occluded popliteal artery pseudoaneurysm. J Vasc Surg 1998; 27:970-3. [PMID: 9620152 DOI: 10.1016/s0741-5214(98)70280-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- B Kogon
- Indiana University Medical Center, Department of Surgery, Indianapolis 46202, USA
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Suh JS, Shin KH, Na JB, Won JY, Hahn SB. Venous malformations: sclerotherapy with a mixture of ethanol and lipiodol. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 1997; 20:268-73. [PMID: 9211773 DOI: 10.1007/s002709900150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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PURPOSE To evaluate the usefulness of a mixture of absolute ethanol and lipiodol in the management of venous malformations. METHODS Percutaneous sclerotherapy was performed with a mixture of absolute ethanol and lipiodol (9:1) in 17 patients with venous malformations, once in 12 patients, twice in 5. The therapeutic efficacy was evaluated by pain reduction. Conventional radiographs (n = 15) and posttreatment magnetic resonance imaging (n = 5) were obtained for the follow-up evaluation. RESULTS Sclerotherapy was successful in all but two patients. The therapeutic effect was excellent in two patients, good in seven, fair in five, and poor in one. Radiopacity of lipiodol was beneficial for monitoring the procedure rather than for follow-up evaluations. Areas with low signal-intensity strands were increased on T2-weighted images obtained after the sclerotherapy. CONCLUSION Sclerotherapy with a mixture of ethanol and lipiodol is effective in treating venous malformations.
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- J S Suh
- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Yonsei University, College of Medicine, 134 Shinchon-dong Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, Korea 120-749
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Memis A, Arkun R, Ustun EE, Kandiloglu G. Magnetic resonance imaging of intramuscular haemangiomas with emphasis on contrast enhancement patterns. Clin Radiol 1996; 51:198-204. [PMID: 8605751 DOI: 10.1016/s0009-9260(96)80323-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Fifteen patients with intramuscular haemangiomas were evaluated with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Phleboliths were demonstrated by plain films or CT in six cases, which are characteristic for haemangioma. MRI showed intermediate or slightly high signal intensity on T1-weighted spin-echo images, and overall extremely bright signal on T2-weighted images. Twelve patients had a heterogeneous signal intensity and serpentine pattern on all sequences. A draining vessel was identified in a patient with histologically confirmed diagnosis of arteriovenous type of hemangioma. In three cases with localized small lesions, the MR appearance on T1 and T2-weighted conventional spin-echo sequences was homogenous. Two of the three showed a serpentine pattern on contrast enhanced images. In a patient with a soft tissue mass suspected of representing a haemangioma, MRI may provide more specific information, regarding the characteristics and extent of the lesion than other imaging techniques. In small localized lesions, contrast enhanced MRI may also offer significant advantage, making the identification of serpentine pattern possible which is a characteristic morphological feature of haemangioma.
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- Department of Radiology and Pathology, Hospital of Ege University Bornova, Izmir, Turkey
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Jenner G, Söderlund V, Bauer HF, Brosijö O. MR imaging of skeletal muscle hemangiomas. A report of 16 cases. Acta Radiol 1996; 37:140-4. [PMID: 8600950 DOI: 10.1177/02841851960371p129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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PURPOSE Our purpose was to evaluate how MR imaging depicts the vascular fibrofatty structure of hemangiomas. MATERIAL AND METHODS MR images of 16 histologically proven skeletal muscle hemangiomas were reviewed retrospectively in a nonblinded manner. One patient was examined at 0.5 T, 9 at 1.0 T, and 6 at 1.5 T, and the imaging protocols varied. RESULTS All lesions were lobulated/tubular. Signal characteristics of fat were seen in 13 lesions as lace-like thin septa within or around the tumor. All 16 studies exhibited a hyperintense signal on T2-weighted spin-echo (SE) (n=15) or T1-weighted fast fat suppressed inversion recovery SE images (n=1). Postcontrast images showed marked signal enhancement in parts of the areas, both of high and low T2-weighted signal. Surgical staging based on MR images was correct in all lesions. CONCLUSION MR images display the characteristic vascular fibrofatty structure of hemangiomas and may allow correct diagnosis.
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- G Jenner
- Department of Radiology, Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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Greenspan A, Azouz EM, Matthews J, Décarie JC. Synovial hemangioma: imaging features in eight histologically proven cases, review of the literature, and differential diagnosis. Skeletal Radiol 1995; 24:583-90. [PMID: 8614857 DOI: 10.1007/bf00204857] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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OBJECTIVE This study was undertaken to describe the imaging characteristics of synovial hemangioma, with the goal of improving the disappointing rate (22%) of clinical diagnosis of this condition. A review of the literature and the differential diagnosis of intra-articular lesions, including synovial osteochondromatosis and pigmented villonodular synovitis, are also presented. PATIENTS The subjects of the study were 8 patients (4 males, 4 females; age range: 5-47 years; mean age: 19 years) with histologically confirmed synovial hemangioma involving the knee (n = 7) or wrist (n = 1). We retrospectively examined the imaging studies performed in these patients, including plain radiography (n = 8), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI; n = 4), angiography (n = 3), arthrography (n = 2), and contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CT; n = 2). RESULTS Plain radiographs showed a soft tissue density suggesting either joint effusion or a mass in all patients. Phleboliths and bone erosions on plain films in four patients with extra-articular soft tissue involvement pointed to the correct diagnosis. Angiography, showing fine-caliber, smooth-walled vessels, contrast pooling in dilated vascular spaces, and early visualization of venous structures, was diagnostic in two patients. Neither arthrography nor CT yielded specific enough findings. MRI was consistently effective in allowing the correct diagnosis to be made preoperatively, showing an intra-articular or juxta-articular mass of intermediate signal intensity on T1-weighted images and of high signal intensity of T2- or T2*-weighted images with low-signal channels or septa within it. A fluid-fluid level was found in two patients with a cavernous-type lesion. CONCLUSION Despite the limited nature of this study, it shows clearly that MRI is the procedure of choice whenever an intra-articular vascular lesion such as synovial hemangioma is suspected. Nonetheless, phleboliths and evidence of extra-articular extension of plain radiographs point to angiography as an effective procedure of first resort because it can be combined with embolotherapy.
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- A Greenspan
- Department of Radiology, University of California, Davis Medical Center, Sacramento 95817, USA
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Van Slyke MA, Moser RP, Madewell JE. MR IMAGING OF PERIARTICULAR SOFT-TISSUE LESIONS. Magn Reson Imaging Clin N Am 1995. [DOI: 10.1016/s1064-9689(21)00358-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Peh WC, Truong NP, Totty WG, Gilula LA. Pictorial review: magnetic resonance imaging of benign soft tissue masses of the hand and wrist. Clin Radiol 1995; 50:519-25. [PMID: 7656517 DOI: 10.1016/s0009-9260(05)83185-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is the imaging method of choice for evaluating the presence and extent of soft tissue masses. It is particularly useful for assessing masses in the wrist and hand, where benign lesions predominate. A specific diagnosis may be made, or strongly suspected, from the characteristic MRI features found in certain conditions like ganglion, haemangioma, arteriovenous malformation, giant cell tumour of the tendon sheath and lipoma.
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- W C Peh
- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, University of Hong Kong, Queen Mary Hospital
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Durieux S, Brugieres P, Voisin MC, Goutallier D, Larget-Piet B, Chevalier X. Radiologic vignette. ARTHRITIS AND RHEUMATISM 1995; 38:559-64. [PMID: 7718011 DOI: 10.1002/art.1780380417] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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- S Durieux
- Hôpital Henri Mondor, Créteil, France
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In order to assess magnetic resonance (MR) findings, MR images of 23 patients with soft tissue hemangiomas were reviewed retrospectively. All but five hemangiomas were proven histologically. All hemangiomas showed high signal intensity on T2-weighted images; common MR findings were high signal intensity in some areas on T1-weighted images (70%), the configuration of multiple small lobules or tubules (57%), and signal voids (70%). We observed all three of these findings in 6 cases (26%), two of three in 11 cases (48%), only one in 5 cases (22%), and none in 1 recurrent case. Five of 11 intramuscular hemangiomas (45%) showed atrophic change of muscles. Parts of the tubular pattern enhanced in 15 out of 17 patients with a T1-weighted sequence after injection of gadopentetate dimeglumine. Dilated vessels were seen in 2 of 4 with MR angiography. No single feature is specific for hemangioma, but a combination of several MR findings may allow a correct diagnosis.
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- J S Suh
- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Medical College of Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea
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