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MIMICS
OF SOFT-TISSUE SARCOMA:
PSEUDOTUMORS
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INTRODUCTION
GANGLION (CYST)
- Unilocular
or multilocular cystic mass
- Commonly
occurs on dorsal surface of wrist
- Generally
occurs in age group 25-45 years
- More common
in women
- Attached
to joint capsule and tendon sheaths
- Generally
does not communicate with joint space
- Possible
traumatic etiology
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Patient
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40-year-old male with surgically proven ganglion cyst of ankle.
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T1W
MR image reveals discrete 1.5 cm nodule (arrow on JPEG) which
is slightly hypointense to adjacent skeletal muscle.
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Sagittal
T2W MR image reveals well defined slightly lobulated high
signal intensity lesion.
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2003
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