title: Preoperative imaging for soft tissue tumors of the foot.
abstract: Soft tissue imaging modalities are both available and effective. This manuscript describes the use of plain film radiography, ultrasound, and magnetic resonance imaging in both the diagnosis and preoperative planning of a calcified soft tissue tumor of the heel. The soft tissue tumor being presented was secondary to multiple corticosteroid injections.
authors.affiliation: Podiatry Services of the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco, California.
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Stess
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ariza
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Gooding
mesh_terms: D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents / Q000009:adverse effects; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D005534:Foot Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D005549:Foreign-Body Reaction / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D006099:Granuloma / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011300:Preoperative Care; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D014222:Triamcinolone Acetonide / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000031:analogs & derivatives
chemical_list: D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents; D014222:Triamcinolone Acetonide; C005900:triamcinolone hexacetonide