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GENERAL IMAGING CHARACTERISTICS (PRE-THERAPY)

Patient 1
70-year-old female with surgically proven malignant fibrous histiocytoma of right distal thigh and popliteal cyst.
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1.
Axial T1W MR image reveals intermediate signal intensity (relative to adjacent skeletal muscle) tumor (arrow on JPEG image) and low signal intensity popliteal cyst (double arrows on JPEG image). Most soft-tissue sarcomas exhibit intermediate signal intensity on T1W MR images.
2.
Axial T2W MR image reveals heterogeneous high signal intensity sarcoma (arrow on JPEG image) and homogeneous considerably hyperintense fluid containing cyst (double arrows on JPEG image).
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Last updated; September 2003
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