title: Angioleiomyoma in the ankle mimicking tarsal tunnel syndrome: a case report and review of the literature.
abstract: We present the case of a 64-year-old woman with a subcutaneous vascular leiomyoma in the tarsal tunnel in the ankle. The patient presented with pain of several years' duration in the medial aspect of the ankle in the retromalleolar region corresponding to the tarsal tunnel and associated with a subcutaneous mass. We report the clinical manifestation, the imaging and histopathologic features, and a review of the literature. Vascular leiomyomas are part of the differential diagnosis of painful subcutaneous masses in the lower extremity.
authors.affiliation: Orthopaedic & Traumatologic Surgery Department III, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Hopital Lapeyronie, Montpellier, France. mizo@europe.com
authors.forename: Mazen
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hamoui
authors.forename: Arnaud
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Largey
authors.forename: Mazen
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ali
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Fauré
authors.forename: Olivier
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Roche
authors.forename: Wayan
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Hebrard
authors.forename: François
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Canovas
mesh_terms: D018229:Angiomyoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013641:Tarsal Tunnel Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis*