title: Massive vascular leiomyoma of the hand.
abstract: A patient presented with a massive (5.0 x 4.0 x 3.0 cm) vascular leiomyoma (angioleiomyoma) in the hand, which had developed over a 50-year-period without pain. The clinical presentation, microscopic findings, and behaviour of vascular leiomyoma are described.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Osaka University Medical School, Osaka, Japan. moritomo@ort.med.osaka-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Hisao
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Moritomo
authors.forename: Tsuyoshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Murase
authors.forename: Ryoichi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ebara
authors.forename: Hideki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yoshikawa
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D018229:Angiomyoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D006225:Hand; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative; D019043:Vascular Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*