"I really enjoy this teaching format over the standard lecture. Looking at cases cold is so much more effective than watching someone show you pictures for hours. I love it."
Dr. Derek Archer
Toronto, Canada
"I really enjoy this teaching format over the standard lecture. Looking at cases cold is so much more effective than watching someone show you pictures for hours. I love it."
Dr. Derek Archer
Toronto, Canada
Content reviewed: July 15, 2021
"I really enjoy this teaching format over the standard lecture. Looking at cases cold is so much more effective than watching someone show you pictures for hours. I love it."
Dr. Derek Archer
Toronto, Canada
"I really enjoy this teaching format over the standard lecture. Looking at cases cold is so much more effective than watching someone show you pictures for hours. I love it."
Dr. Derek Archer
Toronto, Canada
Soft tissue masses are the brain teasers of imaging. There are a few that are pathognomonic, some that narrow down to either/or, and a whole lot that fall into the โcould beโ/differential of likelihood range. Weโve seen plenty, and though there are a few where weโre still looking for that perfect example of a proven entity, over time weโve collected examples of many masses that might cross your monitors.
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There are no doubt many areas where you have a certain level of experience/comfort โ gout, ganglia, epidermoid, glomus tumors, plantar fibromatosis, pseudocysts etc. But maybe the patient age or other metrics donโt seem to match what you think is the likely diagnosis. What about the less common masses that vary in presentation, or you havenโt seen that often? Itโs a lot easier to identify lymphatic anomalies or serous cystadenoma after youโve seen a few,
The Soft Tissue Masses MRI Mastery Series can help shed some light in this diagnostic wilderness. We can share T1 vs T2 vs PD appearance tips, advantages and disadvantages of other delineating sequences, exclusion trees and subtle (as well as not so subtle) hints to help point you in the right direction. Enchondroma vs chondromyxoid fibroma? Just what is that in the synovium? We canโt answer every question, but we can share a pretty deep dive in this massive topic and give you a more thorough grounding in the endless possibilities throughout the body. We have the advantage of expertise (and substantial volume) in MSK, neuro and body MR. Better yet, we continue to add to this topic as we see more cases (and even manage to snag pathology if weโre lucky).
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