INTRAMUSCULAR HEMANGIOMA – AN UNUSUAL INJURY OF THE GLUTEUS MUSCULATURE

CASE REPORT

Abstract

Hemangiomas are benign vascular neoplasms characterized by an abnormal proliferation of blood vessels that most often occur in the skin or subcutaneous tissue, followed by the deep tissues and, occasionally are intramuscular and rarely within a bone. Hemangiomas are the most common benign soft-tissue tumor of infancy and childhood comprising 07% of all soft tissue tumors. Intramuscular hemangiomas account for 0.8% of all hemangiomas, growing in size slowly, but never metastasize. Although they affect all age groups, they are more common in young adults and may occur in any muscle. We report the case of a 23-year-old patient with thigh pain for three months.