Intramuscular myxoma and fibrous dysplasia of bone--Mazabraud's syndrome. A case report

Acta Radiol. 1997 May;38(3):368-71. doi: 10.1080/02841859709172085.

Abstract

We present a case of Mazabraud's syndrome, a rare benign disease, with multiple intramuscular myxomas of the thoracic wall associated with fibrous dysplasia of bone. CT, MR imaging and ultrasonography (US) of the thorax showed 2 well circumscribed homogeneous intramuscular tumors. A US-guided needle biopsy with a large-core needle (2.0 mm) and a fine needle (0.8 mm) showed that the tumors were intramuscular myxomas with no sign of malignancy. 99mTc bone scintigraphy showed a markedly increased uptake in the right lower skull, and multiple smaller foci. CT of the skull revealed a right-sided unilateral bone thickening of the orbit and the ethmoidal cells, and right-sided exophthalmia. This case history suggests that patients with multiple intramuscular myxomas should be preoperatively examined for osseous lesions. A postoperative follow-up should also be performed to detect other soft-tissue myxomas not as yet clinically detectable, or rare osseous complications.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Biopsy, Needle
  • Ethmoid Bone / diagnostic imaging
  • Exophthalmos / diagnosis
  • Female
  • Fibrous Dysplasia of Bone / diagnosis*
  • Fibrous Dysplasia of Bone / diagnostic imaging
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Middle Aged
  • Muscle Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Muscle Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Myxoma / diagnosis*
  • Myxoma / diagnostic imaging
  • Orbit / diagnostic imaging
  • Radionuclide Imaging
  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Skull / diagnostic imaging
  • Syndrome
  • Technetium
  • Thoracic Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Thoracic Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Ultrasonography

Substances

  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Technetium