Intramuscular Haemangioma of Abductor Hallucis Muscle: A Rare Case Report

Intramuscular Haemangioma of Abductor Hallucis Muscle: A Rare Case Report

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Category: Other Introduction/Purpose: baja mini bike seat Haemangioma is a slow growing benign soft tissue tumor and its presentation in the foot is rare.Intramuscular haemangioma (IH) are usually found before 30 years of age, with gender predominance is still inconclusive.Methods: An 18-year-old woman came with pain and mass in the left foot for the past 3 years.Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) of the left foot shown a heterogenous multilobulated mass, with previously thought originated from flexor digitorum brevis triopods (FDB) muscle.

Wide excision was performed.Results: Intraoperative findings showed that the mass actually originated from abductor hallucis muscle.Post-operative histopathological findings confirmed the diagnosis of cavernous-type of intramuscular haemangioma.Conclusion: Literature research identified very few cases of intramuscular haemangioma of the foot.

Wide excision of the muscle is a feasible surgical treatment option.