Angioleiomyoma: A Rare Cause of Fixed Flexion Contracture of the Elbow

We describe an unusual case of a patient presented with a painless fixed flexion contracture of the elbow due to an angioleiomyoma. This benign smooth muscle tumour should be considered in the differential diagnosis of flexion contractures of the elbow.

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Autores principales: Dramis, Asterios, Grimer, Robert J.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2006
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1698144/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17251661
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/SRCM/2006/93569
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spelling pubmed-16981442007-01-17 Angioleiomyoma: A Rare Cause of Fixed Flexion Contracture of the Elbow Dramis, Asterios Grimer, Robert J. Sarcoma Case Report We describe an unusual case of a patient presented with a painless fixed flexion contracture of the elbow due to an angioleiomyoma. This benign smooth muscle tumour should be considered in the differential diagnosis of flexion contractures of the elbow. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2006 2006-08-30 /pmc/articles/PMC1698144/ /pubmed/17251661 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/SRCM/2006/93569 Text en Copyright © 2006 A. Dramis and R. J. Grimer. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Angioleiomyoma: A Rare Cause of Fixed Flexion Contracture of the Elbow
title Angioleiomyoma: A Rare Cause of Fixed Flexion Contracture of the Elbow
title_full Angioleiomyoma: A Rare Cause of Fixed Flexion Contracture of the Elbow
title_fullStr Angioleiomyoma: A Rare Cause of Fixed Flexion Contracture of the Elbow
title_full_unstemmed Angioleiomyoma: A Rare Cause of Fixed Flexion Contracture of the Elbow
title_short Angioleiomyoma: A Rare Cause of Fixed Flexion Contracture of the Elbow
title_sort angioleiomyoma: a rare cause of fixed flexion contracture of the elbow
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1698144/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17251661
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/SRCM/2006/93569
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