Small Subcutaneous Soft Tissue Tumors (<5 cm) Can Be Sarcomas and Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound (CEUS) Is Useful to Identify Potentially Malignant Masses.
contrast media
magnetic resonance imaging
soft tissue neoplasms
standards
ultrasonography
Journal
International journal of environmental research and public health
ISSN: 1660-4601
Titre abrégé: Int J Environ Res Public Health
Pays: Switzerland
ID NLM: 101238455
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
28 11 2020
28 11 2020
Historique:
received:
01
10
2020
revised:
17
11
2020
accepted:
25
11
2020
entrez:
2
12
2020
pubmed:
3
12
2020
medline:
16
2
2021
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Subcutaneous masses smaller than 5 cm can be malignant, in contrast with the international guidelines. Ultrasound (US) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are useful to distinguish a potentially malignant mass from the numerous benign soft tissue (ST) lesions. Contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) was applied in ST tumors, without distinguishing the subcutaneous from the deep lesions. We evaluated CEUS and MRI accuracy in comparison to histology in differentiating malignant from nonmalignant superficial ST masses, 50% smaller than 5 cm. Sensitivity, specificity, and positive and negative predictive values (PPV, NPV) with their 95% confidence intervals (CI) were calculated. Of malignant cases, 44.4% measured ≤5 cm. At univariate analysis, no statistically significant differences emerged between benign and malignant tumors in relation with clinical characteristics, except for relationship with the deep fascia (
Identifiants
pubmed: 33260631
pii: ijerph17238868
doi: 10.3390/ijerph17238868
pmc: PMC7730454
pii:
doi:
Substances chimiques
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Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
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