Intramuscular myxomas are benign soft tissue tumors that are treated by marginal excision and rarely, if ever, recur. There are few reports of intramuscular ...October2002-Volume403-IssuePreviousArticleNextArticleArticleasEPUBExportAllImagestoPowerPointFileAddtoMyFavoritesColleague'sE-mailisInvalidYourName:(optional)YourEmail:Colleague'sEmail:Separatemultiplee-mailswitha(;).Message:Thoughtyoumightappreciatethisitem(s)IsawatClinicalOrthopaedicsandRelatedResearch®.SendacopytoyouremailYourmessagehasbeensuccessfullysenttoyourcolleague.Someerrorhasoccurredwhileprocessingyourrequest.Pleasetryaftersometime.EndNoteProciteReferenceManagerSavemyselectionSECTIONIIORIGINALARTICLES:TumorSilver,WilliamP.MD*;Harrelson,JohnM.MD*;Scully,SeanP.MD,PhD**AuthorInformationFromthe*DivisionofOrthopaedics,DepartmentofSurgery,DukeUniversityMedicalCenter,Durham,NC,andthe**MayoClinic,Rochester,MN.ReprintrequeststoSeanP.Scully,MD,200FirstStreetSW,Rochester,MN55905.Received:March16,2000.Revised:November2,2000.Accepted:March1,2002.DOI:10.1097/01.blo.0000026223.49620.04ClinicalOrthopaedicsandRelatedResearch:October2002-Volume403-Issue-p191-197FreeAbstractTheofficeandhospitalrecordsof17patientstreatedforintramuscularmyxomasbetween1979andthepresentwerereviewed.Thirteenwomenandfourmenwerediagnosedwithanintramuscularmyxomaatanaverageageof55years(range,31–76years).Eachpatientpresentedwithanoticeablemass,andsixpatientshadsymptomsofpainorachingrelatedtothemass.Themasseswerelocatedprimarilyinthethighmuscleswitheightinthequadricepsmuscles,twointheglutealmuscles,andtwointheadductormuscles.Themajority(nineof11)ofthemasseswererelativelyhypointenseonT1-weightedimages,hyperintenseonT2-weightedimages,homogeneousandwell-circumscribed,andshowedperipheralenhancementwithgadoliniumcontrast.Allpatientsweretreatedbymarginalexcisionofthetumor.Fineneedleaspirationbiopsycorrelatedwithfinalsurgicaldiagnosisinonlythreeofeightmassesbiopsied.Thesizeoftheexcisedtumorsrangedfrom3.5to9.5cm.Notumorsrecurredduringanaveragefollowup