Ossified intramuscular hemangioma: multimodality imaging findings

K Nagira; T Yamamoto; T Marui; T Akisue; S Yoshiya; M Kurosaka

doi:10.1016/s0899-7071(01)00319-9

Ossified intramuscular hemangioma: multimodality imaging findings

Clin Imaging. 2001 Sep-Oct;25(5):368-72. doi: 10.1016/s0899-7071(01)00319-9.

Authors

K Nagira¹, T Yamamoto, T Marui, T Akisue, S Yoshiya, M Kurosaka

Affiliation

¹ Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kobe University School of Medicine, 7-5-1 Kusunoki-cho, Chuo-ku, 650-0017, Kobe, Japan.

PMID: 11682298
DOI: 10.1016/s0899-7071(01)00319-9

Abstract

Whereas calcification of hemangiomas is common, ossification is unusual. Multimodality imaging findings of a rare case of an ossified intramuscular hemangioma in the calf of a 24-year-old woman are presented. Radiographic, computed tomographic, magnetic resonance (MR), scintigraphic, and histologic features of this case are reported. The radiologic differential diagnosis of an ossified mass in soft tissue is also discussed.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Diagnosis, Differential
Diagnostic Imaging*
Female
Hemangioma / diagnosis*
Humans
Muscle Neoplasms / diagnosis*
Muscle, Skeletal / pathology
Ossification, Heterotopic / diagnosis
Soft Tissue Neoplasms / diagnosis