title: [The value of sonography in the differential diagnosis of soft tissue tumors].
abstract: A total of 379 patients with soft tissue swellings of unclear aetiology underwent a prospective examination with a high-resolution linear scanner during an interdisciplinary study. We diagnosed 112 true soft tissue tumours, 42 peripheric soft tissue metastases, 34 lymph node metastases, 106 tumour-simulating diseases, 56 inflammatory diseases, and 29 vascular alterations. Eighty-eight per cent of the cases were given the correct differential diagnostic classification by means of sonography. Assessment of malignancy ist not possible by means of sonography.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Orthopädie, Medizinische Akademie Magdeburg.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Merk
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Esser
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Merk
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Langen
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation / Q000175:diagnosis; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014652:Vascular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis
vernacular_title: Die Wertigkeit der Sonographie in der Differentialdiagnostik von Weichteiltumoren.