Cystic hygroma in the quadriceps muscle: A sanguine diagnosis for knee pain
JOINT BONE SPINE, vol.72, no.3, pp.267-269, 2005 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 72 Issue: 3
- Publication Date: 2005
- Doi Number: 10.1016/j.jbspin.2004.05.017
- Journal Name: JOINT BONE SPINE
- Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Page Numbers: pp.267-269
- Keywords: cystic hygroma, quadriceps, ultrasonography, magnetic resonance imaging, surgery, INTRAMUSCULAR MYXOMA, LYMPHANGIOMA
- Hacettepe University Affiliated: Yes
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. (c) 2004 Elsevier SAS. All rights reserved.