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Arch Orthop Trauma Surg · Nov 2001
Case ReportsDeep soft-tissue leiomyoma of the popliteal fossa in a 14-year-old girl.
- B Schmidt-Rohlfing, L Tietze, C H Siebert, and G Staatz.
- Department of Orthopaedics, University Hospital, Aachen, Germany. bernhard.schmidt@post.rwth-aachen.de
- Arch Orthop Trauma Surg. 2001 Nov 1; 121 (10): 604-6.
AbstractThis is the first case report of a deep soft-tissue leiomyoma with intraarticular localization within the knee joint. A 14-year-old girl presented with a painless mass in the dorsal aspect of her knee which she had noticed some 9 months earlier. While on plain radiographs no bony lesions were visible, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed an intraarticularly located tumor with well-defined margins. Intraoperatively, the tumor was found adjacent to the posterior cruciate ligament. The final diagnosis was established immunohistologically. Although this is a very rare tumor, it has to be considered in the differential diagnosis for soft-tissue swellings of the popliteal fossa.
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