Intramuscular Hemangioma in the Anterior Scalene Muscle Diagnosed by Core Needle Biopsy.
- Author:
Jae Keun CHO
1
;
Wonjae CHA
;
Myung Whun SUNG
Author Information
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords: Muscle, Skeletal; Hemangioma; Biopsy, Large-Core Needle; Angiography; Neck
- MeSH: Adult; Angiography; Biopsy, Fine-Needle; Biopsy, Large-Core Needle*; Diagnosis; Hemangioma*; Humans; Muscle, Skeletal; Neck
- From:Clinical and Experimental Otorhinolaryngology 2015;8(3):298-301
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
- Abstract: 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.
