A case of juxta-articular myxoma of the knee

Skeletal Radiol. 1995 Jul;24(5):389-91. doi: 10.1007/BF00197076.

Abstract

This 9-year-old girl presented with a painful mass in the posterolateral aspect of her right knee. Excisional biopsy of the mass revealed a juxta-articular myxoma. The differential diagnosis for such an intra- or periarticular mass should include meniscal cyst, parameniscal cyst, ganglion cyst, juxta-articular myxoma, focal nodular PVNS, and desmoid tumor. Current imaging techniques do not allow differentiation between these benign lesions and low grade myxoid-containing sarcoma.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Child
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Knee / pathology*
  • Knee Joint / pathology
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Myxoma / diagnosis*
  • Soft Tissue Neoplasms / diagnosis*