Benign Tumors
A 25-year-old woman presents with a soft, compressible mass in her anterior thigh that has been present since childhood. The mass has a bluish discoloration and increases in size when dependent. Plain radiographs show round calcifications with lucent centers. MRI demonstrates a lobulated mass that is hyperintense on T2-weighted images with flow voids and heterogeneous enhancement. Regarding soft tissue hemangiomas:
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Hemangiomas are benign vascular tumors composed of proliferating blood vessels; they are the most co...
Phleboliths are pathognomonic calcifications seen in 50% of cases on radiographs; they appear as rou...
Hemangiomas are malignant vascular tumors requiring urgent surgical excision; infantile hemangiomas ...
Infantile hemangiomas undergo proliferative phase (0-12 months) followed by spontaneous involution w...
Surgical excision is indicated for symptomatic lesions causing pain, compression, or functional impa...
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