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

• Published in: NITTE University journal of health science Vol. 4; no. 3; p. 101
• Main Authors: Rai, H Ravindranath, Ballal, Arjun, Mohan, Keerti, Rajsankar, N R
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Mangalore Nitte University 01.09.2014
• ISSN: 2249-7110

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 and pain from the back of the left knee for two years. On clinical examination, a mass of about 10x10 cm in size was noted in the left popliteal fossa. The swelling was tender with well defined borders but fixed to the muscle. She had a flexion deformity of knee of ten degrees. MRI revealed a large encapsulated cystic lesion in the posterior aspect of the muscular compartment of the knee. The present case is a rare occurance of a cavernous haemangioma of the gastrocnemius in a 65-year-old lady which was managed by surgical methods.