title: Recognizable magnetic resonance imaging characteristics of intramuscular myxoma.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedics and Rehabilitation, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn 37232-2550, USA.
authors.forename: H S
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Schwartz
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Walker
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D018572:Disease-Free Survival; D005121:Extremities; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019042:Muscle Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery; D009232:Myxoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed