Fig. 1.1 Myxofibrosarcoma in a 65-year-old female patient with painless firm mass at the right thigh. Demonstration of tumoral mass with nonspecific US characteristics for which further MRI examination and…
Fig. 12.1 (a–d) Subcutaneous lipoma in the left thigh overlying gracilis (*). (a) Ultrasound. (b) Axial SE T1-weighted MR image. (c) Axial fat-suppressed T2-weighted MR image. (d) Coronal SE T1-weighted…
Fig. 2.1 Myxofibrosarcoma arising in the adductors of the upper thigh in a 75-year-old man. Plain radiograph. The tumor is only visible by virtue of its mass effect on tissue…
Communication with joint Wall composition Cell lining Contents (Arthro)synovial cyst Present Continuous mesothelial lining “True” synovial cells Mucinous fluid Ganglion (cyst) May be present Discontinuous mesothelial lining Flattened pseudosynovial…
Benign vascular tumors Hemangiomas of subcutaneous/deep soft tissue Capillary Cavernous Arteriovenous Venous Intramuscular Synovial Epithelioid hemangioma Angiomatosis Lymphangioma Vascular tumors of intermediate malignancy (locally aggressive) Kaposiform hemangioendothelioma Vascular tumors of…
Fig. 17.1 (a, b) Nerve sheath architecture: (a) components of a nerve fiber surrounded by endoneurium. (b) Nerve trunk with five fascicles in group arrangement (Source: Penkert et al. [104])…
Fig. 15.1 Leiomyoma of the flexor compartment of the right arm in a 56-year-old woman. (a) Ultrasound, axial plane. Ultrasound shows a well-circumscribed, oval, and slightly hypoechoic mass within the…
Fig. 14.1 (a–c) Pigmented villonodular bursitis within the pes anserine bursa. (a) Coronal T1-weighted MR image. (b) Coronal T2-weighted MR image. (c) Coronal gradient echo MR image of the left…
Fig. 5.1 (a–d) Factors determining early tissue enhancement. The lower parts of a–d show what occurs at the level of the capillary and the interstitial space after intravenous bolus injection;…
Fig. 24.1 (a, b) Extraskeletal chondroma of the foot in a 37-year-old man: (a) plain radiograph; (b) CT. Soft tissue mass with multiple punctate and ringlike calcifications between the second…
