Nineteen-Year-Old Woman with Symptomatic Intramuscular Thigh Hemangioma-Radiographic Changes and Management: A Case Report

JBJS Case Connect. 2024 Jun 7;14(2). doi: 10.2106/JBJS.CC.24.00060. eCollection 2024 Apr 1.

Abstract

Case: We report a case of an intramuscular thigh hemangioma in a 19-year-old woman with a several year history of atraumatic thigh pain. Radiographs obtained by her primary care physician demonstrated periosteal bone reaction, prompting referral to Orthopaedic Oncology department. The patient had successful symptomatic management with propranolol.

Conclusion: The case highlights the diagnosis and potential treatments. In a stepwise approach to care for symptomatic benign vascular lesions, propranolol has been a proven therapeutic option and may be a useful first-line therapy for symptomatic hemangiomas.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adrenergic beta-Antagonists / therapeutic use
  • Female
  • Hemangioma* / diagnostic imaging
  • Humans
  • Muscle Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Propranolol / therapeutic use
  • Radiography
  • Thigh* / diagnostic imaging
  • Young Adult

Substances

  • Propranolol
  • Adrenergic beta-Antagonists