Pitfalls in Ultrasound Diagnosis of Vascular Malformations: A Retrospective Review of 14 Nonvascular Tumors Treated as Vascular Malformations.

ABSTRACT: Background/Objectives: Vascular malformations form masses in subcutaneous and muscular tissues throughout the body and are occasionally misdiagnosed as subcutaneous nonvascular tumors. Understanding and differentiating their clinical and imaging features are crucial due to their different treatments and prognoses. This study aimed to report cases of nonvascular tumors that were initially misdiagnosed and treated as vascular malformations. Methods: In this retrospective observational study, we enrolled 14 (1.8%) patients with pathologically diagnosed nonvascular tumors from among 536 patients with 759 lesions of clinically diagnosed vascular malformations. Results: The average age at the initial visit was 41.9 years, with a male-to-female ratio of 3:11. Tumor locations

SUBMITTER: Mitamura S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11854568 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature