title: Cystic hygroma in the quadriceps muscle: a sanguine diagnosis for knee pain.
abstract: Reported here is a 28-year-old female who presented with severe right knee pain and swelling nearby the joint. Ultrasonography, magnetic resonance imaging and eventually surgery were performed. She was diagnosed to have a cystic hygroma in the vastus lateralis muscle. This is the first patient of a cystic hygroma in the quadriceps muscle.
authors.affiliation: Hacettepe University Medical School, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ozlem
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Erol
authors.forename: Levent
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ozçakar
authors.forename: Fatma
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Inanici
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D018191:Lymphangioma, Cystic / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D019042:Muscle Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000473:pathology*; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D013848:Thigh; D016896:Treatment Outcome