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| Color Doppler Ultrasonographic Findings of Vascular Leiomyoma: Pathologic Correlation |
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| Ji Young Ko, MD1, Sung Hye Koh, MD1, Soo Kee Min, MD2, A Lam Choi, MD1, Kyung Mi Jang, MD1, Yul Lee, MD1, Kwanseop Lee, MD1, Sam Soo Kim, MD3, Hyun Lee, MD1, Jeong-Hee Sohn, MD1 |
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| 1Department of Radiology, 2Department of Pathology, Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital, 3Department of Radiology, Kangwon National University College of Medicine |
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| Purpose: To evaluate the distribution of color flow signals on color Doppler ultrasonography of vascular leiomyomas and to correlate them with pathologic findings.
Materials and Methods: We retrospectively analyzed color Doppler ultrasonographic images and pathologic slides of six vascular leiomyomas. We classified the patterns of distribution of color flow signals into localized compact cluster types and
non-cluster types, and the pathologic findings into three subtypes: solid, venous and cavernous.
Results: All cases showed well-defined homogenous hypoechoic subcutaneous masses on gray-scale ultrasonography. Three cases showed localized compact cluster types on color Doppler ultrasonography, one in each subtype (solid, venous and cavernous). For the three non-cluster types, again there was on in each subtype. In addition, on pathologic analysis the zone of the localized compact cluster of color flow signals coincided with a cluster of larger, vascular caliber masses.
Conclusions: Localized compact clusters of color flow signals on color Doppler ultrasonography were seen in 50% of our cases and correlated with a cluster of larger vascular caliber in the mass. But the pattern of distribution of color flows didn’t show a correlation with pathologic type. |
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| Keyword : Vascular leiomyoma; color Doppler; Ultrasonography;Soft tissue neoplasm |
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Journal of Korean Society of Ultrasound in Medicine 2009 ; 28 (4) : p.213-217
