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KMID : 1195520110040020059
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Journal of Korean Orthopaedic Ultrasound Society
2011 Volume.4 No. 2 p.59 ~ p.65
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Clinical Efficacy of the Ultrasonography in the Diagnosis of the Palpable Soft Tissue Masses
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Park Tae-Soo
Kim Hong-Sik
Kim Sung-Jun
Ryu Jeong-Ah
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Abstract
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Purpose: To determine the clinical efficacy of the ultrasonography (US) for the diagnosis of the soft tissue masses comparing to the clinical diagnosis through the physical examination.
Materials and Methods: 83 consecutive patients with palpable soft tissue masses were presented retrospectively. On the basis of the pathological diagnosis after the operation, the diagnostic accuracies were evaluated the cases diagnosed by history taking and physical examination, and the cases diagnosed by US before the operation.
Results: The diagnostic accuracy of the cases using US was higher(86.7%) than that of the cases using physical examination and history taking. The accuracy of US of the epidermal inclusion cyst was 71.4%, ganglion cyst 85.7%, lipoma 88.6%, respectively. Accurate diagnosis were made 54 cases with 65.1% sensitivity in the cases diagnosed by history taking and physical examination. In this case, its accuracy of the ganglion cyst was 56.0%, and the lipoma was 67.9%.
Conslusion: US is a useful diagnostic tool for the diagnosis of the palpable soft tissue masses before the operation.
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KEYWORD
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Soft tissue mass, Ultrasonography, Diagnostic efficacy
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