ISSN:
1432-1084
Keywords:
Magnetic resonance imaging
;
Soft tissue neoplasms
;
Pilomatrixoma
;
Gadolinium
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Medicine
Notes:
Abstract Two patients (a 16-month-old boy and a 53-year-old man) were referred for MR imaging of a small, subcutaneous nodule at the forearm. Plain films were available in one patient and showed a non-specific well-circumscribed lesion. Upon ultrasonography (1 patient), a nodular, well-circumscribed, hyperechoic lesion was seen. In both cases spin-echo (SE) T1-weighted images (T1W1) showed homogeneous, intermediate signal intensity (SI). On gadolinium-enhanced T1W1 (1 patient), no enhancement was observed. Both lesions showed predominant low-to-intermediate SI on T2WI. At histological examination characteristic findings of pilomatricoma were observed.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00619959
