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01-11-2008 | Test Yourself: Question
Cystic thigh mass in an 18 year old girl
Published in: Skeletal Radiology | Issue 11/2008
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Magnetic resonance and diffusion-weighted imaging of the thigh (Fig. 1) of an eighteen-year-old girl with the complaint of a slow-growing, painless mass was performed. Following the removal of the cystic mass, histopathological examination was done (Fig. 2). What is the diagnosis?
Fig. 1
Cystic mass of an 18-year-old girl in the thigh musculature. a The cyst wall enhances with a smooth peripheral rim on the post contrast fat saturated SE T1-weighted image. b The axial diffusion-weighted image (b = 1,000 s/mm2), of the cyst. c ADC measurements of the cyst (ROI 1,E), (ROI 2,E) are 3,24 × 10ˉ3 mm2/s and 1.07 × 10ˉ3 mm2/s respectively
Fig. 2
Histopathology image (H&Ex200) reveals a cyst with laminated fibrous wall
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