title: The significance of venous dominance in color Doppler ultrasound for the diagnosis of primary nodular skin lesions: a new perspective in classification.
abstract: The aim of this study was to investigate the significance of color Doppler ultrasound (CDUS) findings in the differential diagnosis of suspicious nodular skin lesions and to compare the results according to the Giovagnorio 1999 classification and the modified classification. Forty nodular skin lesions were evaluated with CDUS and US. The number of arteries and veins was recorded in hypervascular lesions. Findings were compared with histopathological results. The specificity and predictivity of the modified classification were higher than those of the Giovagnorio 1999 classification.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Celal Bayar University Medical School, 45520 Manisa, Turkey. mine.ozkol@bayar.edu.tr
authors.forename: Mine
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ozkol
authors.forename: Levent
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Yoleri
authors.forename: Mehmet Akif
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Demir
authors.forename: Peyker
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Demireli
authors.forename: Yüksel
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Pabuşçu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000098:blood supply / Q000145:classification / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D018615:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color