Children with Blount disease have increased thickness of the chondroepiphysis of the proximal medial aspect of the tibia, increased height and width of the medial meniscus, and greater frequency of abnormal signals in the posterior horn of the medial meniscus. These morphologic changes may compensate for the diminished height of the ossified portion of the medial proximal aspect of the tibia in patients with Blount disease.
Intervertebral disk calcification in children is an uncommon self-limiting disease, which can cause symptoms like neck pain or torticollis, and can be treated with conservative management. The calcified disk material can herniate anteriorly, inducing dysphagia, or herniate posteriorly, causing neurologic symptoms secondary to spinal cord compression. We report computed tomography and magnetic resonance findings of a symptomatic intervertebral disk calcification at the C2-3 level with retropharyngeal edema caused by anterior herniation of calcified material in a 7-year-old boy.
Leiomyoma of deep soft tissue is an unusual entity reported in less than 60 cases in the English literature. The lesion is now accepted as a rare neoplasm. Leiomyomata of deep soft tissue have been divided into 2 groups, those occurring primarily in women in the retroperitoneum, histologically similar to leiomyomata of the uterus, and those occurring equally in both sexes in the somatic deep soft tissues. Irrespective of location, these lesions can demonstrate calcification, and even less commonly ossification. We report a unique case of a leiomyoma of deep soft tissue that mimicked the clinical and radiographic features of calcific myonecrosis, also a rare mass forming soft-tissue lesion. Clinical and radiographic information are often critical in the diagnosis of soft-tissue lesions; however, this case demonstrates that a lesion can deviate from the standard clinical and radiographic interpretations most commonly attributed to it.
Glomangiomatosis is a benign vascular variant of a glomus tumor. The lesion represents only 5% of glomus tumors with unusual or atypical features and even fewer glomus tumors with typical features. The lesions are most commonly located in the distal extremities and are multiple, deep, extensive, and often pain producing. They develop from small arteriovenous anastamoses and are most often identified in young adults. The lesions may recur. We present a case of a 33-year-old male who presented clinically with multiple slowly enlarging masses of the leg over a 5-year period, of which one caused significant pain. One of the lesions was reported to be present at birth. Imaging studies were performed and were suggestive of neurofibromatosis. Biopsies from multiple lesions led to an eventual diagnosis of multiple glomangiomatosis.
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