Ryan McBeth[email protected]Home#MyRadGirlfriend No. 88: Data is king, but food fills seatsData is all the rage as healthcare analysts look for quantitative measures of healthcare quality. But how do you get busy attending physicians and residents to fill out surveys? Find out one trick in the next installment of #MyRadGirlfriend.June 27, 2019Home#MyRadGirlfriend No. 87: The feminist narrativeDo today's research trials adequately reflect medical outcomes in women? Or are they too focused on men? Ryan starts to wonder in the next installment of #MyRadGirlfriend.June 13, 2019Home#MyRadGirlfriend No. 86: Think before you scootElectric scooters are everywhere now, and while they can be a lot of fun, they also can have unintended consequences. One of those is more work for radiologists who read imaging studies from the emergency room -- including Andy, who decides to make a statement in the next installment of #MyRadGirlfriend.May 30, 2019Home#MyRadGirlfriend No. 85: The magic of Cinco de MayoWith the Cinco de Mayo holiday approaching, many hospital residents who aren’t working or aren’t on call have the opportunity to blow off a little steam. Priya and Andy are no different, as we discover in the next installment of #MyRadGirlfriend.May 2, 2019Emergency Radiology#MyRadGirlfriend No. 84: The most dangerous placeYes, the emergency room can be a dangerous place for a physician. But even greater danger can be found elsewhere in the hospital, as we learn in the next installment of #MyRadGirlfriend.April 11, 2019Home#MyRadGirlfriend No. 83: Circling the drainOne of the most challenging things about a radiologist's job can be dealing with referring clinicians, especially ones that are particularly obstinate, as Dr. Rankin is in the next installment of #MyRadGirlfriend.March 21, 2019Home#MyRadGirlfriend No. 82: When you hear hoofbeats ...It's been a late night in the reading room, and Andy encounters a perplexing case that could have a variety of differential diagnoses. Find out how she settles on the correct one in the next installment of #MyRadGirlfriend.March 7, 2019Home#MyRadGirlfriend No. 81: The price to pay for being antivaxAntivaxxers may think they're doing the right thing for their kids, but there's a price to pay for not getting vaccinated -- and it's mainly paid by their children, as Andy and Ryan find out in the next installment of #MyRadGirlfriend.February 21, 2019Home#MyRadGirlfriend No. 80: Anxiety in the reading roomWhat fears push your anxiety buttons? For some radiologists, it's the board exam, while others have more existential concerns. Andy has to face some of her internal demons during a long night in the reading room in the next installment of #MyRadGirlfriend.February 7, 2019Home#MyRadGirlfriend No. 79: How sweet it isMost folks would agree that the explosion of new coffee varieties is a great thing. But they can have a downside, as Andy and Priya find out in the next installment of #MyRadGirlfriend.January 24, 2019Previous PagePage 4 of 12Next PageTop StoriesMRIMRI-based biomarker tool can predict progression to dementiaThe tool measures gray matter shrinkage in the brain, predicting when mild cognitive impairment progresses to dementia.Molecular ImagingPET outperforms CT in ovarian cancerUltrasoundAdvanced ultrasound techniques improve soft tissue tumor evaluationHomeSustainability efforts should look to state power gridsSponsor ContentNominations Are Open — 2026 Minnies
![Examples of ultrasound findings and techniques. (A) Images in a 39-year-old male patient with a mass in the left thigh. The mass is heterogeneous on the B-mode US image (compared with the patient in D) and showed increased microvascularity (superb microvascular imaging [SMI]) and shear-wave elastography (SWE) values. Undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma was diagnosed at biopsy (with pleomorphic rhabdomyosarcoma in surgical specimen). (B) Images in an 18-year-old male patient with a mass in the left leg. The mass is hypoechoic on the B-mode image, with no other findings suggestive of malignancy. The lesion is in contact with the cortex of the tibia, which is slightly irregular. CT revealed a doubtful anteromedial tibial erosion. The microvascular study demonstrated high vascularization, suggestive of malignancy. Periosteal Ewing sarcoma was diagnosed with both histologic and immunohistochemical confirmation. (C) Images in a 69-year-old female patient with a lump growing on the outside of the left leg. Multiple SWE examinations were performed (please note the high values obtained in the measurements, whereas the color map highlights the stiffness relative to adjacent tissues). SMI showed areas of increased vascularization to target for sampling. Undifferentiated spindle cell sarcoma was diagnosed at biopsy, with residual leiomyosarcoma in the surgical specimen after neoadjuvant therapy. (D) Images in a 56-year-old female patient with a mass in the right thigh. The mass is heterogeneous at both B-mode ultrasound (similar to patient A) and MRI (coronal T2-weighted spectral attenuated inversion recovery [SPAIR]; T1-weighted pre-contrast and postcontrast imaging), which even shows uptake after the administration of paramagnetic contrast material, which is traditionally suggestive of malignancy. Low values at SMI and elastography are suggestive of benignity. Spindle cell lipoma was diagnosed at biopsy, with atypical spindle cell lipomatous tumor in the surgical specimen.](https://img.auntminnie.com/mindful/smg/workspaces/default/uploads/2026/08/images-radiol250278fig2.APCFLSvX6p.jpg?auto=format%2Ccompress&fit=crop&h=167&q=70&w=250)
