Glossary entry

Italian term or phrase:

a ecostruttura disomogenea

English translation:

non-homogeneous/nonhomogeneous echo pattern

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Italian term

a ecostruttura disomogenea

Italian to English Medical Medical: Instruments Ecografia
Al controllo ecografico odierno si visualizzano multiple formazioni ad ecostruttura disomogenea del diametro massimo di circa 80 mm (confluenti).

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Ariella Germinario-Lingenthal (asker) Jun 17, 2011:
The strange thing is that in English you never encounter these expressions. They usually talk about echogenic or echofree. It would be nice to understand how these two concepts fit together!

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non-homogeneous/nonhomogeneous echo pattern

Evaluation of a nonhomogeneous endometrial echo pattern in the ...
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inhomogeneous echo pattern

the usual expressions as hypoechoic or hyperechoic...
they're saying that the organ structure displays a mixed pattern.

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in·ho·mo·ge·ne·ous/inˌhōməˈjēnēəs/Adjective
1. Not uniform in character or content; diverse.
2. Consisting of terms that are not all of the same degree or dimensions. More »
Merriam-Webster - The Free Dictionary
Note from asker:
I actually adopted your adjective, inhomogenous, but that came as a result of the initial cue Liz had given me.
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ecostruttura di fondo > internal echo pattern - ProZ.com
26 Nov 2010 ... ProZ.com global directory of translation services .... 17:48 Nov 26, 2010. I'm not a medical specialist, but isn't it "basic ecostructure"? ...
www.proz.com › ... › Italian to English › Medical (general) - Cached

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Gastroenterological Endoscopy - Google Books Result
Meinhard Classen, G. N. J. Tytgat, Charles Lightdale - 2010 - Medical - 824 pages
Endobronchial echo endoscopes, which are slimmer than gastrointestinal echo ... tumors with malignant potential (size > 3 cm, inhomogeneous echo pattern, ...
books.google.co.uk/books?isbn=3131258527..

as for "never"...well

you need to do some research on this yourself now.
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