Intramuscular myxoma is a rare benign soft tissue tumor involving the musculoskeletal system. The incidence is reported as varying from 0.1 to 0.13 per 100,000 ...NCBISkiptomaincontentSkiptonavigationResourcesHowToAboutNCBIAccesskeysMyNCBISignintoNCBISignOutJournalListJOrthopCaseReportsv.3(4);Oct-Dec2013PMC4719287JOrthopCaseReports.2013Oct-Dec;3(4):38–41.doi: 10.13107/jocr.2250-0685.130PMCID:PMC4719287PMID:27298930IntramuscularMyxoma-ARareTumorVishwanathYaligod1andAjoySM1VishwanathYaligod1DeptofOrthopadics,SapthagiriInstituteofMedicalSciencesandResearchCentre,Chikkasandra,Bangalore560090.IndiaFindarticlesbyVishwanathYaligodAjoySM1DeptofOrthopadics,SapthagiriInstituteofMedicalSciencesandResearchCentre,Chikkasandra,Bangalore560090.IndiaFindarticlesbyAjoySMAuthorinformationCopyrightandLicenseinformationDisclaimer1DeptofOrthopadics,SapthagiriInstituteofMedicalSciencesandResearchCentre,Chikkasandra,Bangalore560090.IndiaAddressofCorrespondenceDrVishwanathYaligod,MS(Ortho),No117,5thMain,5thCross,NGEFLayout,Sanjaynagar,Bangalore560094.India.Email:moc.liamg@dogilayvvCopyright:©IndianOrthopaedicResearchGroupThisisanOpenAccessarticledistributedunderthetermsoftheCreativeCommonsAttributionNon-CommercialLicense(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0)whichpermitsunrestrictednon-commercialuse,distribution,andreproductioninanymedium,providedtheoriginalworkisproperlycited.ThisarticlehasbeencitedbyotherarticlesinPMC.Introduction:Intramuscularmyxomaisararebenignsofttissuetumorinvolvingthemusculoskeletalsystem.Theincidenceisreportedasvaryingfrom0.1to0.13per100,000population.Mostpatientspresentbetweenthefifthandsixthdecadeoflife.Theswellingcommonlyoccursinthelargemusclesofthethigh,shoulder,buttocksandarms.Thetumorcanbediagnosedwithcertaintyonlywithhistopathologicalexamination.Localrecurrenceisrareafterexcision.CaseReport:A73yearoldmalepatientpresentedtouswithaswellingoftheanterioraspectofthemiddlethirdoftherightthighmeasuringabout8×4centimeters.Hewasthoroughlyinvestigatedandthe