TY - JOUR
T1 - Angiomyoma presenting as a painful subcutaneous mass
T2 - A diagnostic challenge
AU - Kumar, Sandeep
AU - Hasan, Roumina
AU - Maddukuri, Satish Babu
AU - Mathew, Mary
PY - 2014/10/16
Y1 - 2014/10/16
N2 - Angiomyoma of the extremity is a notoriously elusive preoperative diagnosis, as the list of differentials for its described classic clinical features of a painful mobile subcutaneous mass is quite vast. Imaging features described for angiomyomas are far from being specific. On ultrasound, angiomyomas are mostly described as a welldefined solid mass lesion showing robust internal vascularity. On T2-weighted MRI they have been described as homogenous to heterogeneously hyperintense relative to skeletal muscle. We report a pathologically proven angiomyoma around the knee joint in a middle aged man, describe its clinical and imaging features, and outlay an approach in diagnosing this rare entity as a differential for painful subcutaneous mass lesions.
AB - Angiomyoma of the extremity is a notoriously elusive preoperative diagnosis, as the list of differentials for its described classic clinical features of a painful mobile subcutaneous mass is quite vast. Imaging features described for angiomyomas are far from being specific. On ultrasound, angiomyomas are mostly described as a welldefined solid mass lesion showing robust internal vascularity. On T2-weighted MRI they have been described as homogenous to heterogeneously hyperintense relative to skeletal muscle. We report a pathologically proven angiomyoma around the knee joint in a middle aged man, describe its clinical and imaging features, and outlay an approach in diagnosing this rare entity as a differential for painful subcutaneous mass lesions.
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U2 - 10.1136/bcr-2014-206606
DO - 10.1136/bcr-2014-206606
M3 - Article
C2 - 25323285
AN - SCOPUS:84909594388
SN - 1757-790X
VL - 2014
JO - BMJ Case Reports
JF - BMJ Case Reports
M1 - 1983
ER -