MRI Diagnosis of Soft Tissue Hemangioma:An Analysis of 30 Cases / 实用放射学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To evaluate MRI characteristics of soft tissue hemangioma.Methods 30 cases of soft tissue hemangiomaconfirmed by surgery,angiography and clinical diagnosis included in this study.All cases underwent plain MRI scans,24 cases of them were further-examined by contrast-enhanced MR scans.Results 24 cases were cavernous hemangioma,4 cases were capillary hemangioma and 2 were tufted hemangioma.The tumors showed moderate signal on T_1WI in 24 cases,and significantly higher signal on T_2WI in all cases(even stronger than that of fats).The vascular component within the tumor displayed remarkable enhancement and appeared as serpentinevessels,while the non-vascular tissues showed no enhancement after intravenous administration of contrast agent.Conclusion MRIexamination is of great importance in determining the position,the nature and the extent of hemangioma as well as the effectiveness ofoperation.