A Clinical Study on the Cavernous Hemangiomas Developed in Skeletal Muscles of the Extremities / 대한정형외과학회잡지
The Journal of the Korean Orthopaedic Association
;
: 385-393, 1979.
Article
in Korean
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-767550
ABSTRACT
Authors analysed 19 cases with Cavernous Hemangiomas of Skeletal Muscles in Extremities. Those were confirmed clinicopathologically for the period of 2 years from October 1976 to September 1978, and following results were obtained. 1. The age of initial visit varied from 6 months to 42 years of age with the average of 17.7 years. Seventeen patients(89.5%) were under 30 years of age. 2. The age of initial onset of symptoms varied from birth to 36 years of age with the average of 13.1 years. Seventeen patients(89.5%) were under 20 years of age. 3. The duration of disease varied from 6 months to 17 years with the average of 4.6 years. 4. The ratio of male and female was 910. 5. Chief complaints were a swelling or mass in 17 cases(89.5%), pain in 13 cases(68.4%), tenderness in 6 cases(31.6%), and impairment of function in 5 cases(26.3%). 6 The size of a mass varied from a nut size to an adult fist one, and its shape appeared oval with the average 8.1 by 4.6 cm in 12 cases, and round with the average 5.5 cm in 7 cases. 7. The site of involvement distributed to lower extremities in 10 cases(52.7%), upper ones in 9 cases(47.4%). Among extremities(thigh, leg, arm and forearm) the most common site was forearm. 8. Considering the number of involed muscles, most frequently they developed in a single muscle with 11 cases(57.9%). 9. By history, The symptoms were initiated or aggravated by trauma in 3 cases(15.8%). 10. Plain roentgenograms showed the swelling of soft tissue in 9 cases(47.4%) and phleboliths in 8 cases(42.1%). 11. Considering the methods of treatment, complete resection was possible in 17 cases(85.7%), in the remaining 2 cases only incomplete resection could be done.
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Main subject:
Arm
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Muscle, Skeletal
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Lower Extremity
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Parturition
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Extremities
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Clinical Study
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Forearm
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Hemangioma, Cavernous
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Leg
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Muscles
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
Korean
Journal:
The Journal of the Korean Orthopaedic Association
Year:
1979
Type:
Article
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