Images in Clinical Radiology
Bilateral intramuscular pseudotumor in a body-builder.
Authors:
L Ardies ,
Department of Radiology and Imaging, OLV Ziekenhuis, Aalst, Belgium, Antwerp University Hospital and Universities of Antwerp and Ghent, Belgium, BE
T De Beule,
Department of Radiology and Imaging, OLV Ziekenhuis, Aalst, Belgium, BE
T Degroote,
Department of Radiology and Imaging, OLV Ziekenhuis, Aalst, Belgium, BE
F M Vanhoenacker,
Antwerp University Hospital and Universities of Antwerp and Ghent, Belgium, BE
P K Vanhoenacker
Department of Radiology and Imaging, OLV Ziekenhuis, Aalst, Belgium, BE
Abstract
A 29-year-old bodybuilder presented with a bilateral palpable and painful soft tissue mass in the deltoid region. CT scan showed a bilateral intramuscular mass within the deltoid muscle with intralesional fat (not shown). For further differentiation and exclusion of a fat-containing sarcomatous lesion, MRI of both shoulders was performed. Axial T1-weighted images (WI) of the right shoulder showed a heterogeneous mass lesion containing multiple fatty components (Fig. A, arrows). Axial T1-WI of the left shoulder depicted a mass with a T1-hyperintense fatty component and marked fat-fluid level (Fig. B, arrow). The lesion also demonstrated a fat-fluid level on a sagittal fat suppressed T2-WI (Fig. C, arrow).
How to Cite:
Ardies L, De Beule T, Degroote T, Vanhoenacker FM, Vanhoenacker PK. Bilateral intramuscular pseudotumor in a body-builder.. JBR-BTR. 2012;95(2):108. DOI: http://doi.org/10.5334/jbr-btr.202
Published on
01 Mar 2012.
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