Calcified Soft Tissue Mass
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
Common
Less Common
ESSENTIAL INFORMATION
Key Differential Diagnosis Issues
Helpful Clues for Common Diagnoses
Helpful Clues for Less Common Diagnoses
Subcutaneous fat is prone to trauma, particularly on anterolateral aspect of thigh, lateral aspect arm, and gluteal region
Blunt subcutaneous trauma → injury and necrosis of fat cells
More severe forms of fat necrosis tend to undergo calcification and ossification
Other typical features: Hyperechoic fat containing hypoechoic spaces (infarcted fat)
