Skeletal muscle hemangioma: a cause of unexplained pain about the knee.
Two cases of perplexing pain about the knee secondary to hemangioma of the vastus medialis are presented. The diagnostic criteria, pathological histology, and treatment are reviewed. Magnetic resonance imaging has distinct advantages over both computed tomography scans and angiography as a diagnostic tool.
Elliot
A J
AJ
Department of Orthopaedics, Yale University Medical School, New Haven, Connecticut.
Fulkerson
J P
JP
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006392:Hemangioma, Cavernous / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007719:Knee Joint; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009135:Muscular Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis