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Small Subcutaneous Soft Tissue Tumors (<5 cm) Can Be Sarcomas and Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound (CEUS) Is Useful to Identify Potentially Malignant Masses
Subcutaneous masses smaller than 5 cm can be malignant, in contrast with the international guidelines. Ultrasound (US) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are useful to distinguish a potentially malignant mass from the numerous benign soft tissue (ST) lesions. Contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) wa...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7730454/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33260631 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17238868 |
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author | De Marchi, Armanda Pozza, Simona Charrier, Lorena Cannone, Filadelfo Cavallo, Franco Linari, Alessandra Piana, Raimondo Geniò, Irene Balocco, Paolo Massè, Alessandro |
author_facet | De Marchi, Armanda Pozza, Simona Charrier, Lorena Cannone, Filadelfo Cavallo, Franco Linari, Alessandra Piana, Raimondo Geniò, Irene Balocco, Paolo Massè, Alessandro |
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description | Subcutaneous masses smaller than 5 cm can be malignant, in contrast with the international guidelines. Ultrasound (US) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are useful to distinguish a potentially malignant mass from the numerous benign soft tissue (ST) lesions. Contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) was applied in ST tumors, without distinguishing the subcutaneous from the deep lesions. We evaluated CEUS and MRI accuracy in comparison to histology in differentiating malignant from nonmalignant superficial ST masses, 50% smaller than 5 cm. Sensitivity, specificity, and positive and negative predictive values (PPV, NPV) with their 95% confidence intervals (CI) were calculated. Of malignant cases, 44.4% measured ≤5 cm. At univariate analysis, no statistically significant differences emerged between benign and malignant tumors in relation with clinical characteristics, except for relationship with the deep fascia (p = 0.048). MRI accuracy: sensitivity 52.8% (CI 37.0, 68.0), specificity 74.1% (CI 55.3, 86.8), PPV 73.1% (CI 53.9, 86.3), and NPV 54.1% (CI 38.4, 69.0). CEUS accuracy: sensitivity 75% (CI 58.9, 86.3), specificity 37% (CI 21.5, 55.8), PPV 61.4% (CI 46.6, 74.3), and NPV 52.6% (CI 31.7, 72.7). CEUS showed a sensitivity higher than MRI, whereas PPV and NPV were comparable. Also, masses measuring less than 5 cm can be malignant and referral criteria for centralization could be revised. |
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spelling | pubmed-77304542020-12-12 Small Subcutaneous Soft Tissue Tumors (<5 cm) Can Be Sarcomas and Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound (CEUS) Is Useful to Identify Potentially Malignant Masses De Marchi, Armanda Pozza, Simona Charrier, Lorena Cannone, Filadelfo Cavallo, Franco Linari, Alessandra Piana, Raimondo Geniò, Irene Balocco, Paolo Massè, Alessandro Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Subcutaneous masses smaller than 5 cm can be malignant, in contrast with the international guidelines. Ultrasound (US) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are useful to distinguish a potentially malignant mass from the numerous benign soft tissue (ST) lesions. Contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) was applied in ST tumors, without distinguishing the subcutaneous from the deep lesions. We evaluated CEUS and MRI accuracy in comparison to histology in differentiating malignant from nonmalignant superficial ST masses, 50% smaller than 5 cm. Sensitivity, specificity, and positive and negative predictive values (PPV, NPV) with their 95% confidence intervals (CI) were calculated. Of malignant cases, 44.4% measured ≤5 cm. At univariate analysis, no statistically significant differences emerged between benign and malignant tumors in relation with clinical characteristics, except for relationship with the deep fascia (p = 0.048). MRI accuracy: sensitivity 52.8% (CI 37.0, 68.0), specificity 74.1% (CI 55.3, 86.8), PPV 73.1% (CI 53.9, 86.3), and NPV 54.1% (CI 38.4, 69.0). CEUS accuracy: sensitivity 75% (CI 58.9, 86.3), specificity 37% (CI 21.5, 55.8), PPV 61.4% (CI 46.6, 74.3), and NPV 52.6% (CI 31.7, 72.7). CEUS showed a sensitivity higher than MRI, whereas PPV and NPV were comparable. Also, masses measuring less than 5 cm can be malignant and referral criteria for centralization could be revised. MDPI 2020-11-28 2020-12 /pmc/articles/PMC7730454/ /pubmed/33260631 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17238868 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article De Marchi, Armanda Pozza, Simona Charrier, Lorena Cannone, Filadelfo Cavallo, Franco Linari, Alessandra Piana, Raimondo Geniò, Irene Balocco, Paolo Massè, Alessandro Small Subcutaneous Soft Tissue Tumors (<5 cm) Can Be Sarcomas and Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound (CEUS) Is Useful to Identify Potentially Malignant Masses |
title | Small Subcutaneous Soft Tissue Tumors (<5 cm) Can Be Sarcomas and Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound (CEUS) Is Useful to Identify Potentially Malignant Masses |
title_full | Small Subcutaneous Soft Tissue Tumors (<5 cm) Can Be Sarcomas and Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound (CEUS) Is Useful to Identify Potentially Malignant Masses |
title_fullStr | Small Subcutaneous Soft Tissue Tumors (<5 cm) Can Be Sarcomas and Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound (CEUS) Is Useful to Identify Potentially Malignant Masses |
title_full_unstemmed | Small Subcutaneous Soft Tissue Tumors (<5 cm) Can Be Sarcomas and Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound (CEUS) Is Useful to Identify Potentially Malignant Masses |
title_short | Small Subcutaneous Soft Tissue Tumors (<5 cm) Can Be Sarcomas and Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound (CEUS) Is Useful to Identify Potentially Malignant Masses |
title_sort | small subcutaneous soft tissue tumors (<5 cm) can be sarcomas and contrast-enhanced ultrasound (ceus) is useful to identify potentially malignant masses |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7730454/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33260631 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17238868 |
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