A hypoechoic mass is tissue in the body that’s more dense or solid than usual. This term is used to describe what is seen on an ultrasound scan. Ultrasound uses sound waves that are absorbed by ...

Medical test results can be hard to understand. If an ultrasound finds a hypoechoic mass, you may have wondered what that means.‌ A hypoechoic mass looks dark gray on an ultrasound. That means ...

The patient was counseled that the right hypoechoic testicular lesion could be benign, but, because it had been deemed suspicious for malignancy on imaging, he should consider undergoing either a ...

In this article, we explore what hypoechoic nodules are and whether there is a risk of cancer. We also discuss the causes and what happens after a doctor detects a hypoechoic nodule. If a thyroid ...

Thyroid ultrasound revealed an enlarged gland with a heterogeneous, hypoechoic echotexture. The right lobe measured 3.4 cm x 1.3 cm x 1.4 cm (sagittal x anterior/posterior x transverse ...

Most metastatic deposits are solid and mainly hypoechoic relative to the background liver (Fig. 4). Many will exhibit a hypoechoic "halo" (Fig. 5). There is some controversy as to whether the halo ...

EUS image showing a “vague” 5.4 mm x 5.1 mm hypoechoic lesion in a patient with a strong family history of pancreatic cancer. Image: Samarasena JB, Chang KJ ...

Objective Ultrasound (US) imaging has revealed distinct types of greyscale abnormalities in the patellar and Achilles tendons, including diffusely thickened tendons and tendons containing a hypoechoic ...

Other ultrasonographic findings include multiple intraplacental lacunae and loss of the normal retroplacental hypoechoic zone in the area underlying the dome of the maternal bladder. Placenta ...