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hypoechoic

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hypoechoic /hy·po·echo·ic/ (-ĕ-ko´ik) in ultrasonography, giving off few echoes; said of tissues or structures that reflect relatively few of the ultrasound waves directed at them.
hypoechoic [hi″po-ĕ-ko´ik]
in ultrasonography, giving off few echoes; said of tissues or structures that reflect relatively few of the ultrasound waves directed at them.

hypoechoic
Imaging adjective Relating to an abnormal ↓ in echoes by ultrasonography, due to a pathologic change in tissue density


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6,9,14) It is interesting to note that on Duplex Doppler imaging there is what appears to be a pathognomonic sign with hypoechoic spotting within the arterial wall (string of pearls sign).
CFDS (Fig 4) shows splaying of the carotid bifurcation because a well-defined, solid, hypoechoic mass is present; small vascular structures and channel are present too.
 
 
 
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