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Deep soft-tissue leiomyoma of the popliteal fossa in a 14-year-old girl

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This is the first case report of a deep soft-tissue leiomyoma with intraarticular localization within the knee joint. A 14-year-old girl presented with a painless mass in the dorsal aspect of her knee which she had noticed some 9 months earlier. While on plain radiographs no bony lesions were visible, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed an intraarticularly located tumor with well-defined margins. Intraoperatively, the tumor was found adjacent to the posterior cruciate ligament. The final diagnosis was established immunohistologically. Although this is a very rare tumor, it has to be considered in the differential diagnosis for soft-tissue swellings of the popliteal fossa.

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  1. Department of Orthopaedics, University Hospital, Pauwelsstrasse 30, 52074 Aachen, Germany e-mail: bernhard.schmidt@post.rwth-aachen.de, Tel.: +49-241-8089410, Fax: +49-241-8888453, , , , , , DE

    B. Schmidt-Rohlfing & Christian H. Siebert

  2. Department of Pathology, University Hospital, Aachen, Germany, , , , , , DE

    Lothar Tietze

  3. Department of Diagnostic Radiology, University Hospital, Aachen, Germany, , , , , , DE

    Gundula Staatz

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Received: 15 January 2001

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Schmidt-Rohlfing, B., Tietze, L., Siebert, C. et al. Deep soft-tissue leiomyoma of the popliteal fossa in a 14-year-old girl. Arch Orth Traum Surg 121, 604–606 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/s004020100293

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