title: Intramuscular spindle cell hemangioendothelioma.
abstract: Spindle cell hemangioendothelioma occurring in skeletal muscle is extremely rare. No reported studies have performed an imaging evaluation of intramuscular spindle cell hemangioendothelioma. We report on such a tumor arising in an unusual site, the right extensor digiti minimi, in a 46-year-old woman. An en bloc resection was performed and the patient has been disease free for 8 years. Radiologic imaging in the present case showed similar findings to those described in intramuscular hemangioma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, School of Medicine, Fukuoka University, 7-45-1 Nanakuma, Jonan-ku, Fukuoka 814-0180, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Isayama
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Iwasaki
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ogata
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Naito
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D005542:Forearm; D006390:Hemangioendothelioma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D019042:Muscle Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000473:pathology