A Case of Intra Vastus Intermedius Muscular Hemangioma—with Clinicopathology and Literature Study—

Abstract

A case of intra-muscular hemangioma with clinico-pathological study is reported. A 28 year-old man was admitted complaining of left-femoral pain and tumor. CT and MR revealed a tumorous lesion in the middle part of the vastus intermedius muscle of the left femur. Irregular pooling was seen in the venous phase of angiography. From these findings, diagnosed as intra-muscular hemangioma of the left femur, surgical excision was performed. Macroscopically, these were some tumorous lesions in the vastus intermedius muscle, and the cut surfase appeared like dark red coagulation-like tissue. Microscopically, the tumor had intramuscular hemangioma with cavernous and capillart patterns that suggest a mixed type of hemangioma. © 1993, The Showa University Society. All rights reserved.