The Journal of the Korean Bone and Joint Tumor Society  2010;16(1):37-41

doi:10.5292/jkbjts.2010.16.1.37

Juvenile Hemangioma Occurred in Distal Femoral Epiphysis.

Tai Seung KIM ; Chang Hoon LEE ; Chan Keum PARK

Keywords

femur; epiphysis; hemangioma

Country

Republic of Korea

Language

Korean

Abstract

A hemangioma occurred in the bony epiphysis is extremly rare. A 5-year-old boy visited to our hospital with pain and flexion contracture on the right knee. MRI showed some lesions scattered in the epiphysis of the distal femur and the proximal tibia. Biopsy specimen from the distal femoral epiphysis revealed pathologic findings compatible with hemangioma. On 8 years follow-up, the lesion in the distal femoral epiphysis had been cured, and those in the proximal tibial epiphysis were spontaneously disappeared without surgery. The scanogram shows no leg length discrepancy and angular deformity. We reports a rare case of hemangioma occurred in the bony epiphysis with the results of 8 year follow-up with the review of literatures.