Image-directed color Doppler ultrasonography in the evaluation of superficial solid tumors

Image-directed color Doppler ultrasonography (ICDUS) studies of 86 patients with superficial solid masses yielded significantly lower resistive index (RI) values in acute inflammatory lesions, but no significant difference between the maximum systolic flow velocities (S) of the patient groups with m...

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Published inJournal of clinical ultrasound Vol. 23; no. 4; p. 233
Main Authors Ozbek, S S, Arkun, R, Killi, R, Memiş, A, Dağdeviren, A, Sevinç, E
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.05.1995
Subjects
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Blood Flow Velocity
Child
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Neoplasms - blood supply
Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging
Prospective Studies
Sarcoma - blood supply
Sarcoma - diagnostic imaging
Soft Tissue Neoplasms - blood supply
Soft Tissue Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging
Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color
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Summary:Image-directed color Doppler ultrasonography (ICDUS) studies of 86 patients with superficial solid masses yielded significantly lower resistive index (RI) values in acute inflammatory lesions, but no significant difference between the maximum systolic flow velocities (S) of the patient groups with malignant, benign, and acute inflammatory lesions. When analyzed separately, the malignant soft-tissue tumor subgroup was shown to have significantly higher mean RI compared to that of the malignant node subgroup. We conclude that RI may be useful in the differentiation of acute inflammatory masses from other pathological entities. Malignant soft-tissue tumors, especially sarcomas, may have different Doppler features from those of carcinomatous tumors.
ISSN:0091-2751
DOI:10.1002/jcu.1870230405