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Osteoma of soft parts

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Osteomas of soft tissue are rare tumors. All previously reported cases occurred in the head, usually in the posterior tongue. We present two patients with soft-tissue osteomas in the thigh. Both masses were densely ossified and consisted of mature trabecular bone on computed tomography and magnetic resonance examination. Increased uptake of boneseeking radiopharmaceutical was found on scintigraphy. Histologically, mature lamellar bone was seen with small amounts of cartilage seen in the periphery. Symptoms of mass effect which resolved following surgery were noted. We believe that this previously unrecognized soft-tissue appendicular neoplasm lies at the end of a spectrum of post-traumatic ossifying lesions which includes soft-tissue chondromas and osteochondromas, as well as myositis ossificans.

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  1. Department of Radiology, Veterans Administration Medical Center and University of California Medical Center, San Diego, California

    Mark E. Schweitzer M.D. & Donald Resnick M.D.

  2. Department of Pathology, Veterans Administration Medical Center and University of California Medical Center, San Diego, California

    Mark E. Schweitzer M.D.

  3. Department of Radiology, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, Texas

    Guerdon Greenway M.D. & Wynne E. Snoots M.D.

  4. Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

    Parviz Haghighi M.D.

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Supported in part by VA grant no. SA 306

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Schweitzer, M.E., Greenway, G., Resnick, D. et al. Osteoma of soft parts. Skeletal Radiol. 21, 177–180 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00242132

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