Abstract
We present the case of a 64-year-old woman with a subcutaneous vascular leiomyoma
in the tarsal tunnel in the ankle. The patient presented with pain of several years'
duration in the medial aspect of the ankle in the retromalleolar region corresponding
to the tarsal tunnel and associated with a subcutaneous mass. We report the clinical
manifestation, the imaging and histopathologic features, and a review of the literature.
Vascular leiomyomas are part of the differential diagnosis of painful subcutaneous
masses in the lower extremity.
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Published online: June 04, 2010
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