Research Article
Assessment of Referrals into the Soft Tissue Sarcoma Service: Evaluation of Imaging Early in the Pathway Process
Table 2
Ultrasound/MRI diagnostic categories 1–8.
| Category name description |
| (1) Normal—no abnormality seen. | (2) Benign cyst or ganglion cyst. | (3) Benign vascular lesion. | (4) Benign other—any lesion with either inflammatory characteristics or benign soft tissue mass. | (5) Lipoma—homogeneous lesion, none or linear septal vascularity, and no concerning clinical features. | (6) Lipoma requiring further evaluation: | (i) clinically painful, enlarging, >5 cm in size, deep, and/or | (ii) lipoma, but mild heterogenicity on ultrasound or MRI. | (7) Indeterminate—clinically painful, deep, >5 cm and/or enlarging solid mass, no Doppler flow. | (8) Possible sarcoma—solid, heterogeneous lesion, distortion of surrounding anatomy, and disorganized power Doppler flow. |
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