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Ossified skeletal muscle hemangioma: Radiologic and pathologic features

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Skeletal muscle hemangiomas are relatively uncommon tumors in children and young adults. Although the operative management of these lesions may be affected by their vascularity, the correct preoperative dignosis is often not made. Ossification of these lesions is rare. Two patients are described whose skeletal muscle hemangiomas contained abundant osseous tissue. This was radiologically reflected by the ‘swiss cheese’ appearance of the tumors. Such an appearance in an ossified soft tissue mass may allow the correct preoperative diagnosis of this condition.

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  1. Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA

    Barry L. Engelstad M.D. & Louis A. Gilula M.D.

  2. Department of Surgical Pathology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA

    Michael Kyriakos M.D.

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Engelstad, B.L., Gilula, L.A. & Kyriakos, M. Ossified skeletal muscle hemangioma: Radiologic and pathologic features. Skeletal Radiol. 5, 35–40 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00347096

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