title: Ultrasound of soft tissue masses.
abstract: The current clinical applications of ultrasonography (US) of soft tissue masses are discussed. These include the detection of occult masses, the characterization of palpable masses, tumor surveillance, and US guided percutaneous aspirations/biopsies of soft tissue masses.
authors.affiliation: Division of Diagnostic Imaging, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Ipswich Road, Woolloongabba, Queensland 4102, Australia.
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Gandhi
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Benson
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008545:Melanoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D012509:Sarcoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014463:Ultrasonography