CAVERNOUS HAEMANGIOMA IN THE GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE: A RARE PRESENTATION IN THE GERIATRIC AGE GROUP

• Published in: Journal of Health and Allied Sciences NU Vol. 4; no. 3; pp. 101 - 104
• Main Authors: Rai, H. Ravindranath, Ballal, Arjun, Mohan, Keerti, R., Rajsankar N.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: A-12, Second Floor, Sector -2, NOIDA -201301, India Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Private Ltd 01.09.2014
• Subjects: Case Report; blood filled spaces; cavernous haemangioma; intramuscular haemangiomas; popliteal fossa; gastrocnemius

Abstract Intramuscular haemangiomas are believed to be hamartomatous and are a distinctive type of haemangioma occurring within skeletal muscle. They account for less than 1% of all haemangiomas. They occur more often in trunk and extremity muscles. A sixty five year old lady presented with swelling...