Intramuscular Hemangioma in the Anterior Scalene Muscle Diagnosed by Core Needle Biopsy.
Intramuscular hemangioma (IMH) is a rare, benign vascular lesion that frequently develops within skeletal muscles. Preoperatively, accurate diagnosis of IMH is often extremely difficult because of nonspecific clinical findings and the inaccuracy of fine-needle aspiration cytology. IMH is suspected in only 8% of preoperative diagnoses before surgical exploration. Here, we report a case of a 44-year-old man with a huge IMH in the anterior scalene muscle that was preoperatively diagnosed using ultrasonography-guided core needle biopsy, and was successfully treated based on preoperative clinical information.
Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Pusan National University Hospital, Busan, Korea.
Jae-Keun
JK
Cho
Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Pusan National University Hospital, Busan, Korea. ; Biomedical Research Institute, Pusan National University Hospital, Busan, Korea.
Wonjae
W
Cha
Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
Myung-Whun
MW
Sung
Angiography; Biopsy, Large-Core Needle; Hemangioma; Muscle, Skeletal; Neck