Giant Cell Tumor of Soft Tissue: a Case with Atypical US and MRI Findings.

Author: Sang Bu AN ¹ ; Jung Ah CHOI ; Jin Haeng CHUNG ; Joo Han OH ; Heung Sik KANG
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1. Department of Radiology and Institute of Radiation Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. jacrad@radiol.snu.ac.kr
Publication Type:Case Report
Keywords: Giant cell tumors; Soft tissue neoplasms; Cysts; Hemorrhage; Ultrasonography; Magnetic resonance (MR)
MeSH: Adult; Diagnosis, Differential; Female; Giant Cell Tumors/*diagnosis/pathology/surgery/ultrasonography; Humans; *Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Soft Tissue Neoplasms/*diagnosis/pathology/surgery/ultrasonography; Thigh; *Ultrasonography, Doppler
From:Korean Journal of Radiology 2008;9(5):462-465
CountryRepublic of Korea
Language:English
Abstract: We report the case of a giant cell tumor with diffuse interstitial hemorrhaging and unusually prominent cystic components in the soft tissue of the thigh which has not been reported previously. Magnetic resonance image (MRI), showed signal intensity typical of a giant cell tumor. However, because of its conspicuous large well-circumscribed cystic components, the differential diagnoses, based on the image findings from an ultrasonography (US) and MRI, were complicated epidermoid cyst, cystic change of a neurogenic tumor, and a parasitic cyst.