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Subcutaneous Administration of Muscarinic Antagonists and Triple-Immunostaining of the Levator Auris Longus Muscle in Mice
Published on: September 8, 2011
[Intramuscular myxoma of the lower leg]
A M Luebke1, C Gocke, M Priemel
1Institut für Pathologie, Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistrasse 52, Hamburg, Germany.
Abstract:
The intramuscular myxoma is a rare benign soft tissue tumor characterized by bland spindle-shaped and stellate cells embedded in hypovascular myxoid stroma. We report the isolated case of a 44-year-old female patient with an intramuscular myxoma in the anterior tibial muscle and report the clinical and radiographic findings. We performed an analysis of the GNAS gene mutation status with a positive finding. In difficult cases, recurrent tumors or small biopsies detection of a GNAS mutation can be useful to confirm the diagnosis of an intramuscular myxoma.
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