title: Differential diagnosis of pediatric musculoskeletal masses.
abstract: MR imaging plays a major role in the evaluation of children with soft tissue and bone tumors. While the imaging characteristics of these lesions are often nonspecific, MR imaging provides valuable information on the extent of disease and relationship of tumors to the neurovascular bundle and other vital structures. This article reviews the radiographic and MR imaging appearances and clinical presentations of a wide range of musculoskeletal masses that occur in children.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Meyer
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Dormans
mesh_terms: D001845:Bone Cysts / Q000175:diagnosis; D001857:Bone Matrix / Q000473:pathology; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005350:Fibroma / Q000175:diagnosis; D005357:Fibrous Dysplasia of Bone / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008067:Lipoma / Q000473:pathology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D019042:Muscle Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D009132:Muscles / Q000098:blood supply / Q000294:innervation; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D010521:Periosteum / Q000473:pathology; D011859:Radiography; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging