Key result
MRI reveals characteristic features of extremity intramuscular myxomas to facilitate recognition and avoid unnecessary biopsy.
Why the study?
Extremity intramuscular myxoma is an uncommon benign soft-tissue neoplasm with imaging characteristics that may aid preoperative recognition and treatment planning.
What are the magnetic resonance imaging characteristics of extremity intramuscular myxoma?
Case Report (n=5)
What are the magnetic resonance imaging characteristics of extremity intramuscular myxoma?
MRI can reliably identify extremity intramuscular myxomas preoperatively, potentially avoiding the need for biopsy.
Extremity intramuscular myxoma is an uncommon, deep, benign soft-tissue neoplasm. It is characterized clinically by slow growth and minimal symptoms. Resection achieving wide surgical margins is curative. This article presents the imaging characteristics of five extremity intramuscular myxomas. Images of this benign neoplasm, especially magnetic resonance imaging, are characteristic enough for preoperative recognition. This knowledge can facilitate treatment by avoiding biopsy, permitting primary myectomy, and assisting the pathologist in diagnosing a neoplasm that frequently has overlapping histologic characteristics with other soft-tissue tumors.
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Herbert S. Schwartz (1997) conducted a case report in Extremity intramuscular myxoma (n=5). Magnetic resonance imaging was evaluated on Imaging characteristics. Magnetic resonance imaging of extremity intramuscular myxomas demonstrates characteristic features that can facilitate preoperative recognition and avoid unnecessary biopsy.
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