OBJECTIVE To assess the sonographic findings of breast masses in adolescents and the usefulness of sonographic patterns for suggesting a specific diagnosis. METHODS The sonograms and medical records of 57 girls (mean age, 15.4 years) with palpable breast masses were retrospectively reviewed. Three observers reviewed the sonograms for multiple sonographic findings. Surgery or clinical findings...

A case of testicular plasmacytoma, a very rare neoplasm, is presented. The gray-scale and power Doppler sonographic findings are illustrated. The lesion appeared as a hypoechoic, intratesticular mass that was markedly hypervascular. When marked hypervascularity is present in a testicular mass in a patient unlikely to have orchitis on clinical grounds, plasmacytoma should be considered in the di...

detection of lymph nodes (lns) involvement by various pathological processes has great therapeutic and prognostic implications. the purpose of this study was to evaluate the usefulness and accuracy of triplex sonography (gray scale, color mapping and spectral doppler) in differentiating benign from malignant cervical lns. we used triplex sonography to evaluate 120 lns in 50 patients. the gray s...

BACKGROUND Cervical lymphadenopathy could be seen in several pathologic processes. An accurate differentiation between these conditions is of utmost importance to select an appropriate therapy and assess the prognosis. Gray scale and Doppler are appropriate sonographic techniques for evaluating internal and external features of lymph nodes. Although, various criteria have been proposed to diffe...

ocal splenic lesions are rare, occurring with a frequency of about 0.2% on sonography.1 Hemangiomas are the most common primary benign neoplasms of the spleen, with prevalence ranging from 0.3% to 14% at autopsy.2–4 On gray scale sonography, a splenic hemangioma may show the typical appearance described for a liver hemangioma (a hyperechoic lesion with well-defined margins with or without poste...

BACKGROUND This study aimed to evaluate the diagnostic value of gray-scale and power Doppler sonography for acute cholecystitis and show a correlation between sonographic and intraoperative findings, quantitively. METHODS Forty chronic and forty acute cholecystitis patients were examined. Early laparoscopic cholecystectomy was performed for acute cholecystitis. Demographic characteristics, so...