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MIMICS OF SOFT-TISSUE SARCOMA

MALIGNANT LESIONS

Patient 13

39-year-old female with lymphoma in the left distal thigh.
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T2W MR image reveals high signal intensity mass with circumferential involvement around the femur. This feature and the bone marrow involvement noted would be unusual in soft-tissue sarcoma. Ewings tumor may present as mass adjacent to bone with contiguous bone destruction.
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