Echocolor Power Doppler with contrast medium to evaluate vascularization in lesions of the soft tissues of the limbs
De Marchi, A.; De Petro, P.; Faletti, C.; Brach del Prever, E.M.; Gino, G.; Albertini, U.; Piana, R.; Marone, S.; Mellano, D.; Linari, A.; Forni, M.; Bertoldo, U.; Comandone, A.; Boglione, A.; Brach del Prever, A.
La Chirurgia Degli Organi di Movimento 88(2): 225-231
2003
ISSN/ISBN: 0009-4749 PMID: 14735833 Document Number: 558384
Echocolor Power Doppler with contrast medium forms a non-invasive vascular image; the purpose of the study is to evaluate the effectiveness in differentiating benign and malignant tumors in the soft tissues of the limbs. Echocolor Power Doppler with contrast medium was used to study 80 patients with swelling in the soft tissues of the limbs: there were 54 benign lesions, 22 sarcomas, and 4 aggressive desmoid fibromatoses. Were identified 4 patterns of wash-in and wash-out curves that could be correlated to the histological diagnosis: type I was present in 85% of benign lesions, type III in 91% of malignant lesions and in 3.7% of the benign ones, type II in aggressive fibromatoses, anomalous type in 4 benign lesions and 2 sarcomas; the curve was absent in 2 benign lesions. Power Doppler Echocolor with contrast medium can become a useful method to be associated with traditional imaging methods in the differential diagnosis of swelling of the soft tissues of the limbs.