Mastery Series

Stephen J Pomeranz

Take your reading skills in MRI Imaging of Soft Tissue Masses to a higher level w/ MRI Online. Interact w/ scrollable cases, watch microlearning videos, & earn CME.

Musculoskeletal (MSK)

Defining Soft Tissue Masses

Approach to Soft Tissue Masses

Characterizing Masses Using T2 Imaging

Imaging Signs

Assessing the Presence of Edema

Adipocytic Masses

Fibroblastic and Myofibroblastic Masses

Benign Fibroblastic and Myofibroblastic Masses

Locally Aggressive Fibroblastic and Myofibroblastic Masses

Rarely Metastasizing Fibroblastic and Myofibroblastic Masses

Malignant Fibroblastic and Myofibroblastic Masses

So-called Fibrohistiocytic Masses

So-called Fibrohistiocystic Masses: Uncommon Lesions

Smooth Muscle, Skeletal Muscle & Pericytic Lesions

Hemangiomas

Hemangioma and Vascular Lesions

Hemangioma Subtypes

Benign Vascular Masses

Infantile Hemangiomas

Congenital Hemangiomas

Infantile Vs. Congenital Hemangiomas

Syndromic Hemangioma

Hemangioma Treatment

Hemangioma Vs. Vascular Anomalies

Vascular Malformation – Venous Type

Vascular Malformation Treatment

Lymphatic Malformations

Imaging Appearance of Lymphatic Lesions

AVM Vs. AVF

Schobinger Staging of AVM’s

Less Common Vascular Anomalies

Vascular Malformations – Critical Exclusions

Unusual and Unclassified Soft Tissue Masses

Lesson

4 Year Old Female with Pain and Limping

41 Year Old Male with Left Neck Mass: Approach

41 Year Old Male, Companion Case Review

15 Year Old Male With a Track & Field Injury Several Months Prior to Study

15 Year Old Male Companion Case Review

14 Year Old Male, Sustained Injury to Thigh

58 Year Old Male with Mildly Painful Lump in 2nd Metatarsal

58 Year Old Male Companion Case Review

45 Year Old Male, Pain and Lump in Knee

17 Year Old Male, Complaining of Dorsal Foot Pain

56 Year Old Female with Lateral Ankle Pain

29 Year Old Female with Wrist Discomfort for Four Months

57 Year Old Male with Palpable Mass in the Medial Aspect of the Thigh

17 Year Old Male with “Torque” Like Injury

59 Year Old Male with Pain in the Nail Bed

33 Year Old with Stiffness in Index Finger and Chronic Wrist Pain

19 Year Old Male with Known Mass in Head and Neck

19 Year Old Male, Companion Case

75 Year Old Male, Mass in the Scapular Region

51 Year Old Female with Chondromalacia and Pain

34 Year Old Male with Pain Wrapping Around the Wrist

57 Year Old, Sustained Injury in the Region of the Quadriceps

43 Year Old Female, Companion Case

43 Year Old Female with Mass in Hand

43 Year Old Female, Companion Case – Important Differentials

2 Year Old With Chest Wall Mass, Enhancing in Size

39 Year Old Male with Mass in Finger and Previous Pinching Injury

41 Year Old Female with Known Desmoid Tumor

3 Year Old with Right-Sided Neck Mass

Course Evaluation

Post-Course Activities

<p>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 &#8220;could be&#8221;/differential of likelihood range. </p>

Soft Tissue Masses on MRI