title: MR imaging of foot and ankle tumors.
abstract: Twenty-one patients were referred for MR imaging of mass lesions in the foot and ankle detected initially by either palpation (15 patients) or radiographs (6 patients). In 3 cases, MRI excluded a discrete mass. In the remaining 18 patients with confirmation of mass lesions, the combination of signal features and tumor location suggested a specific diagnosis in 11 patients (61%). In 4 other cases, correlation with radiographs suggested likely diagnoses. In 3 cases, the MRI appearance was nonspecific. We conclude that the combination of signal features and tumor location at MR imaging often permits characterization of tumors of the foot and ankle.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kier
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000842:Ankle / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005534:Foot Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007089:Image Enhancement; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis