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Angiomyolipoma arising in the thigh.

Authors :
Kuroda, S.
Itoh, H.
Yamagami, T.
Kizu, O.
Murata, H.
Kusuzaki, K.
Yamano, T.
Maeda /AU>, T.
Maeda, T
Source :
Skeletal Radiology; May2000, Vol. 29 Issue 5, p293-297, 5p
Publication Year :
2000

Abstract

A 41-year-old man presented with an asymptomatic mass in the right medial thigh. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed a well-demarcated, 10-cm mass in the right adductor muscles. The margins of the mass exhibited high signal intensity and the rest showed low or iso signal intensity on T1-weighted MR images. However, the high signal intensity was decreased on T2-weighted images with fat suppression. The central part of the tumor was of inhomogeneous high signal intensity on T2-weighted images; after Gd-DTPA injection it enhanced in homogeneously on T1-weighted images with fat suppression. On dynamic computed tomography (CT) in the arterial phase, there were strongly enhancing spotty areas in the tumor. At surgery, a yellow-whitish tumor was resected and a pathological diagnosis of angiomyolipoma (AML) in the thigh was made. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
03642348
Volume :
29
Issue :
5
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
Skeletal Radiology
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
51085803
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1007/s002560050612