title: Intramuscular cavernous hemangioma.
abstract: Intramuscular cavernous hemagiomas represent <1% of all hemangiomas and consist of benign proliferations of blood vessels. Typical presentation is an enlarging painful soft-tissue mass without cutaneous changes. Intramuscular cavernous hemangiomas do not undergo spontaneous regression and may be locally destructive because pressure is exerted on neighboring structures. Phleboliths on radiograph are a specific finding for cavernous hemangioma. Definitive treatment of this condition is surgical excision.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO, USA. melmanl@wudosis.wustl.edu
authors.forename: Lora
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Melman
authors.forename: Frank E
authors.initials: FE
authors.lastname: Johnson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006392:Hemangioma, Cavernous / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007866:Leg; D019042:Muscle Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal