Soap bubble appearance (differential diagnosis)

Changed by Craig Hacking, 25 Jan 2023
Disclosures - updated 30 Aug 2022:
  • Philips Australia, Paid speaker at Philips Spectral CT events (ongoing)

Updates to Article Attributes

Body was changed:

Soap bubble appearance describes:

A a multi-loculated bubbly appearance of lesion or structure. It

  • InA soap bubble appearance of a bone lesion refers to :

    • an expansile lytic lesion with internal trabeculations and preserved cortex, usually of benign natureĀ 

    • Maybut may be used to describe more aggressive lesions

The differential includes:

  • -<p><strong>Soap bubble appearance</strong> describes:</p><p>A multi-loculated bubbly appearance.</p><ul><li>
  • -<p>In bone refers to :</p>
  • -<ul>
  • +<p><strong>Soap bubble appearance</strong> describes a multi-loculated bubbly appearance of lesion or structure. It </p><p>A soap bubble appearance of a bone lesion refers to :</p><ul>
  • -<li><p>May be used to describe more aggressive lesions</p></li>
  • -</ul>
  • -</li></ul><p><strong>The differential includes:</strong></p><ul>
  • +<li><p>but may be used to describe more aggressive lesions</p></li>
  • +</ul><p><strong>The differential includes:</strong></p><ul>
  • -<p>Bone</p>
  • +<p>bone</p>
  • -<p>Abdomen</p>
  • +<p>abdomen</p>
  • -<p>Brain</p>
  • -<ul><li><p>Dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumour (DNET)</p></li></ul>
  • +<p>brain</p>
  • +<ul><li><p><a href="/articles/dysembryoplastic-neuroepithelial-tumour" title="Dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumour (DNET)">dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumour (DNET)</a></p></li></ul>

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