Peritendinous lesions - The role of high-resolution ultrasonography

Purpose: To evaluate the peritendinous lesions over the extremities by high-resolution ultrasonography (HRUS). Materials and methods: The authors retrospectively collected 328 cases, focusing on peritendinous lesions in limbs. The diagnosis was made by US findings with long-term follow-up, aspiration and biopsy proved. Results: The most common disease entity in our study is ganglion (n = 270), followed by Baker's cyst (n = 24). Other disease entities included tenosynovitis, bursitis, gout, hematoma, amyloidosis, thrombophlebitis, and other tumor/tumor-like lesions. such as osteogenic sarcoma (OGS), schwannoma, lymphoma, myxoid lipomsarcoma, xanthoma, intramuscular cavernous hemangioma, pigmented villonodular synovitis (PVNS), giant cell tumor of the tendon sheath (GCTTS), etc. Conclusion: Because of dynamic capabilities and aid of real-time sono-guided fine needle aspiration, HRUS becomes an efficient and inexpensive tool for musculoskeletal lesions, especially in the superficial parts. (C) 2003 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.