title: Soft-tissue masses and masslike conditions: what does CT add to diagnosis and management?
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Although MRI is the technique of choice for evaluating most soft-tissue masses, CT often provides valuable complementary information. Specifically, there are distinguishing CT characteristics that can suggest a specific diagnosis, including the lesion's mineralization pattern, density, pattern of adjacent bone involvement, and degree and pattern of vascularity.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This article provides an overview of the CT evaluation of soft-tissue masses, emphasizing a differential diagnosis based on these CT features.
authors.affiliation: The Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA.
authors.forename: Ty K
authors.initials: TK
authors.lastname: Subhawong
authors.forename: Elliot K
authors.initials: EK
authors.lastname: Fishman
authors.forename: Jennifer E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Swart
authors.forename: John A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Carrino
authors.forename: Samer
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Attar
authors.forename: Laura M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Fayad
mesh_terms: D002114:Calcinosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*