RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Clinical presentation and imaging of bone and soft-tissue sarcomas
JF Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
JO Cleve Clin J Med
FD Cleveland Clinic
SP S2
OP S7
DO 10.3949/ccjm.77.s1.01
VO 77
IS 3 suppl 1
A1 Hakan Ilaslan
A1 Jean Schils
A1 William Nageotte
A1 Steven A. Lietman
A1 Murali Sundaram
YR 2010
UL http://www.ccjm.org/content/77/3_suppl_1/S2.abstract
AB The clinical presentation of bone and soft-tissue sarcomas is varied. Constitutional symptoms are rare, and although bone sarcomas tend to be painful while soft-tissue sarcomas usually are not, there are exceptions to this general rule. A high index of suspicion is required for any unexplained mass with indeterminate imaging findings. Choosing the right imaging modality is critical to the diagnosis and management of patients with suspected sarcoma, and referring clinicians have a multitude of imaging options. After discovery of a malignant-appearing bone lesion by radiography, further imaging is obtained for better characterization of the lesion (typically with magnetic resonance imaging [MRI]) and for staging (typically with computed tomography of the chest). In contrast, radiographs are rarely helpful for evaluation of soft-tissue lesions, which almost always require MRI assessment.