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Sonographic appearance of a giant cell tumor of the humerus
Author(s) -
Chang KeVin,
Chen YenJung,
Wang TyngGuey
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of clinical ultrasound
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.272
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1097-0096
pISSN - 0091-2751
DOI - 10.1002/jcu.20776
Subject(s) - medicine , vascularity , humerus , intramedullary rod , greater tuberosity , presentation (obstetrics) , radiology , anatomy
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. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Ultrasound, 2011