Polyostotic fibrous dysplasia associated with intramuscular myxomas: Mazabraud's syndrome

C E Cabral; P Guedes; T Fonseca; J F Rezende; L C Cruz Júnior; J Smith

doi:10.1007/s002560050381

Polyostotic fibrous dysplasia associated with intramuscular myxomas: Mazabraud's syndrome

Skeletal Radiol. 1998 May;27(5):278-82. doi: 10.1007/s002560050381.

Authors

C E Cabral¹, P Guedes, T Fonseca, J F Rezende, L C Cruz Júnior, J Smith

Affiliation

¹ Department of Radiology, Instituto Nacional de Câncer (INCA), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

PMID: 9638839
DOI: 10.1007/s002560050381

Abstract

Mazabraud's syndrome, though uncommon, is reported increasingly frequently. It represents an entity readily recognisable radiologically on MR imaging. Awareness of the syndrome, particularly when the myxoma is solitary, can prevent misdiagnosis of intramuscular myxomas (especially when large) as malignant mesenchymal tumors containing myxoid tissue. We review the 34 cases previously reported in the literature and include a recent case from our center.

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Adult
Diagnosis, Differential
Femur / pathology
Fibrous Dysplasia, Polyostotic / diagnosis
Fibrous Dysplasia, Polyostotic / pathology*
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Muscle Neoplasms / diagnosis
Muscle Neoplasms / pathology*
Myxoma / diagnosis
Myxoma / pathology*
Radiopharmaceuticals
Ribs / pathology
Sarcoma / diagnosis
Syndrome
Technetium Tc 99m Medronate
Thigh / pathology
Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

Radiopharmaceuticals
Technetium Tc 99m Medronate