Ultrasonography: its value in screening soft tissue lesions [its clinical application as an outpatient procedure]

Thirty patients complaining of traumatic or atraumatic soft tissue lesions were subjected to US scanning in the outpatient clinic. This diagnostic tool provided valuable data regarding the nature, location and progress of hematomas, yet was of limited value in soft tissue lumps. Therefore, correlation between clinical history and examination with US pattern is always needed. The procedure was easy, h and y, nonhazardous, noninvasive and economicly compared with CT or NMR scan