The Journal of the Korean Bone and Joint Tumor Society  2010;16(1):42-46

doi:10.5292/jkbjts.2010.16.1.42

Deep Submuscular Parosteal Angiomyxolipoma in a Child.

Hong Kyun KIM ; Jeong Han YOO ; Yong Wook PARK ; Jin Soo PARK ; Kyu Cheol ROWE ; Kuk Jin CHUNG ; Keun Jong CHANG ; Ji Hyo HWANG

Keywords

submuscular; angimyxolipoma; child

Country

Republic of Korea

Language

Korean

Abstract

Angiomyxolipoma is a rare variant of lipoma, which is described by Mai, 1996, at first. The nine cases of which have been reported to date. Microscopically, the lesion consists of adipose tissue with the paucicellular myxoid areas and fat tissue with numerous thin, dilated, and congestive blood vessels. The reported cases mostly located to the superficial layer on the scalp, subungual, extremities in adults. We report one case of angiomyxolipoma located in the submuscular and parosteal area in the distal femur around knee joint in a child.