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01-11-2012 | Orthopaedic Case of the Month

Orthopaedic Case of the Month: Pulsatile Soft Tissue Mass

Authors: Megan E. Anderson, MD, Jeffrey D. Goldsmith, MD, Mary G. Hochman, MD, Amir Taghinia, MD

Published in: Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research® | Issue 11/2012

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A 49-year-old healthy woman presented with a mass on the volar aspect of her left proximal forearm. She noticed the mass incidentally while rubbing her arm approximately 3 weeks before the visit. There was no pain associated with the mass, although, she described a feeling of “fullness” in the area and occasional throbbing. She denied direct trauma to the area, but noted that she probably received contact to that area frequently with her avocation in martial arts. …

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Title: Orthopaedic Case of the Month: Pulsatile Soft Tissue Mass
Authors: Megan E. Anderson, MD
Jeffrey D. Goldsmith, MD
Mary G. Hochman, MD
Amir Taghinia, MD
Publication date: 01-11-2012
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research® / Issue 11/2012
Print ISSN: 0009-921X
Electronic ISSN: 1528-1132
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11999-012-2518-x

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