Keywords:
Musculoskeletal soft tissue, CT, MR, Ultrasound, Biopsy
Authors:
V. Vasilevska Nikodinovska1, A. Gligorievski2, G. Zafiroski2, V. Janevska2, M. Samargiski2; 1Skopje/CN, 2Skopje/MK
DOI:
10.1594/ecr2012/C-2359
Methods and Materials
Prospectively 100 consecutive patients (53 male,
47 female,
median age 51 years) with musculoskeletal soft tissue mass underwent:
- ultrasonography (US);
- computed tomography (CT) and
- magnetic resonance (MRI).
Ultrasound–guided core needle biopsy was done in all patients.
From all lesions we obtained 3-5 speciments from the representative part of the tumor.
All were outpatients,
without any complication after interventions.
Fifteen MR imaging parameters and corresponding parameters on US and CT were evaluated for making radiologic diagnosis.
Multivariate logistic regression analysis was used for imaging parameters predictive for malignancy.
Histopathologies after biopsy were correlated with radiological diagnosis in all patients.
Surgical specimen was analyzed in 92% of the cases.
