## Abstract Mucocele of the appendix is a rare but wellβknown entity. Accurate preoperative diagnosis of this surgically curable entity is very important to prevent intraoperative rupture. With multimodality approach using ultrasound and CT, it has been possible to preoperatively diagnose mucocele
Sonographic appearance of a giant cell tumor of the humerus
β Scribed by Ke-Vin Chang; Yen-Jung Chen; Tyng-Guey Wang
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 201 KB
- Volume
- 39
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0091-2751
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β¦ Synopsis
The sonographic presentation of intramedullary bone tumors is rarely reported. A patient with right shoulder pain for 7 months was clinically diagnosed with shoulder impingement syndrome. Sonographic examination revealed a segment of thinning cortex with a large, heteroechoic tumor deep in the greater tuberosity of the humerus. Increased peripheral vascularity of the tumor was observed in the power Doppler mode. The definite diagnosis was a giant cell tumor, whose sonographic findings are discussed. V
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