An Official Journal of Polish Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology
ISSN:1897-2276
e-ISSN: 2449-9145
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, CHU Mohammed VI, Oujda, Morocco
Case Reports
Intramuscular myxoma of the vastus lateralis: A case report
Author(s):
Soufiane Aharram*, Yahyaoui Mounir, Amghar Jawad, Omar Agoumi and Abdelkarim Daoudi
Myxoma is a rare mesenchymal tumor, it’s a benign tumor. The main differential diagnosis is soft tissue sarcoma. We will describe in this article a rather rare localization and we have not found similar cases in the literature. This is a young patient with myxoma of the vastus lateralis muscle of his right thigh. The radiological examination did not give much guidance for the diagnosis. A biopsy followed by a posterolateral approach to remove the mass.
Keywords
myxoma, vastus lateralis muscle, intramuscular myxoma, benign tumor.. Read More»