Soft-tissue masses and masslike conditions: what does CT add to diagnosis and management?

AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2010 Jun;194(6):1559-67. doi: 10.2214/AJR.09.3736.

Abstract

Objective: Although MRI is the technique of choice for evaluating most soft-tissue masses, CT often provides valuable complementary information. Specifically, there are distinguishing CT characteristics that can suggest a specific diagnosis, including the lesion's mineralization pattern, density, pattern of adjacent bone involvement, and degree and pattern of vascularity.

Conclusion: This article provides an overview of the CT evaluation of soft-tissue masses, emphasizing a differential diagnosis based on these CT features.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Calcinosis / diagnostic imaging
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Soft Tissue Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods*