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Ultrasonography of Proliferative Vascular Lesions of the Skin
Author(s) -
Betti Roberto,
Nessi Renato,
Blanc Marco,
Bencini Pier Luca,
Galimberti Michela,
Crosti Carlo,
Uslenghi Carlo
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
the journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.9
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1346-8138
pISSN - 0385-2407
DOI - 10.1111/j.1346-8138.1990.tb01633.x
Subject(s) - medicine , ultrasonography , ultrasound , pathology , radiology , histopathological examination , angioma , hemangioma , vascular tumors , vascular disease
Abstract High‐resolution ultrasonography with small part probes was performed on 20 proliferative vascular lesions of the skin (3 lymphangiomas, 9 hemangiomas, 8 Kaposi sarcomas). All the lesions were submitted to histological examination. The histological cuts were made in the same planes as the ultrasound scans in order to obtain a direct comparison. The sonographic pattern of each histotype is characteristic and correlated with the corresponding histological picture. Lymphangiomas appear as large anechoic communicating cavities; hemangiomas have small hypoechoic areas separated by thin hyperechoic septa. Kaposi sarcomas possess a mixed sonographic structure with ill‐defined margins. Ultrasound is proposed as a simple and harmless diagnostic aid to clinical examination of proliferative vascular lesions of the skin.