title: Fluid-fluid levels in cavernous hemangioma of soft tissue.
abstract: Five cases of cavernous hemangioma with fluid-fluid levels on magnetic resonance imaging and/or computed tomography are reported. The signal characteristics were those of blood and histological analysis of the fluid-fluid levels showed that they were blood-filled cavities in the tumor. Although this finding itself is not specific, it may help in confirming the diagnosis of cavernous hemangioma.
authors.affiliation: Center for Radiological Sciences, Iwate Medical University School of Medicine, Morioka, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ehara
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sone
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tamakawa
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nishida
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Abe
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hachiya
mesh_terms: D015415:Biomarkers; D001826:Body Fluids; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006392:Hemangioma, Cavernous / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers