title: Sonographic appearances of desmoid tumors.
abstract: The medical records of 16 patients (9 female and 7 male; age range, 5-66 years) with 24 lesions that had a histologic diagnosis of desmoid tumors were reviewed at our institution. Six cases were extra-abdominal, 4 intra-abdominal, and 6 in the abdominal wall. Lesions ranged from 1.5 to 18.0 cm in diameter (mean, 6.8 cm). All lesions were solid masses, which appeared hypoechoic, isoechoic, or hyperechoic with homogeneous or heterogeneous echogenicity. Posterior acoustic enhancement was seen in 18 lesions. No lesions showed central necrosis. Most lesions had substantial flow and high resistive index values (>0.70). Sonography can show a desmoid tumor's site, size, contour, margin, echogenicity, homogeneity, vascularity, and resistive index value in detail.
authors: Department of Ultrasound, Shandong Medical Imaging Research Institute, Shandong University, Jinan, China.
authors: Li
authors: L
authors: Lou
authors: Department of Ultrasound, Shandong Medical Imaging Research Institute, Shandong University, Jinan, China. jbteng2013@163.com.
authors: Jianbo
authors: J
authors: Teng
authors: Department of Ultrasound, Shandong Medical Imaging Research Institute, Shandong University, Jinan, China.
authors: Hengtao
authors: H
authors: Qi
authors: Department of Ultrasound, Shandong Medical Imaging Research Institute, Shandong University, Jinan, China.
authors: Yongguang
authors: Y
authors: Ban
mesh_terms: D000008:Abdominal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D018222:Desmoid Tumors / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019042:Muscle Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D018615:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color / Q000379:methods; D018617:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Pulsed / Q000379:methods; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: aggressive fibromatosis; color Doppler sonography; desmoid tumor; musculoskeletal ultrasound; sonography; spectral Doppler sonography