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Sonographic findings of prescrotal superficial angiomyxoma

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Sonographic findings of a prescrotal superficial angiomyxoma have never been reported in the English literature. Here, we describe a case of left prescrotal superficial angiomyxoma, which was depicted on ultrasonography as a well-circumscribed, heterogeneously, and mildly echogenic, unilocular complex, posterior acoustic-enhanced, and dermally attached subcutaneous mass without increased vascular flow.

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  1. Department of Radiology, Chung-Ang University Hospital, Chung-Ang University College of Medicine, 102, Heukseok-ro, Dongjak-gu, Seoul, 156-755, Korea

    Chang Un Lee, Sung Bin Park, Jong Beum Lee & Hyun Jeong Park

  2. Department of Pathology, Chung-Ang University Hospital, Chung-Ang University College of Medicine, 102, Heukseok-ro, Dongjak-gu, Seoul, 156-755, Korea

    Mi Kyung Kim

  3. Department of Urology, Chung-Ang University Hospital, Chung-Ang University College of Medicine, 102, Heukseok-ro, Dongjak-gu, Seoul, 156-755, Korea

    In Ho Chang

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Lee, C.U., Park, S.B., Lee, J.B. et al. Sonographic findings of prescrotal superficial angiomyxoma. Jpn J Radiol 33, 216–219 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11604-015-0395-4

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