Melorheostosis with an associated para-articular enhancing soft tissue mass

Paul Manning; Tan B Nguyen; Edward Smitaman

doi:10.1016/j.clinimag.2019.02.001

Melorheostosis with an associated para-articular enhancing soft tissue mass

Clin Imaging. 2019 Jul-Aug:56:9-12. doi: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2019.02.001. Epub 2019 Feb 2.

Authors

Paul Manning¹, Tan B Nguyen², Edward Smitaman²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Radiology, University of California, San Diego, United States of America. Electronic address: pmanning@ucsd.edu.
² Department of Radiology, University of California, San Diego, United States of America.

PMID: 30825667
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2019.02.001

Abstract

Melorheostosis is a rare non-hereditary sclerosing bone dysplasia which predominantly affects the appendicular skeleton. Although melorheostosis is typically recognized as an osseous lesion, associated soft-tissue components have been reported. Advanced imaging with MRI may allow for more complete evaluation of these soft tissue components; however, there is little information regarding their MRI characteristics which may lead to confusion with malignant processes. We present a case of melorheostosis in a 32-year-old woman with an associated paraarticular enhancing soft tissue mass and emphasize discriminating this from soft tissue sarcoma.

Keywords: Enhancing; MRI; Melorheostosis; Para-articular.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Bone and Bones / diagnostic imaging
Bone and Bones / pathology*
Diagnosis, Differential
Female
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods
Melorheostosis / diagnosis
Melorheostosis / diagnostic imaging
Melorheostosis / pathology*
Sarcoma / diagnosis*
Sarcoma / diagnostic imaging
Soft Tissue Neoplasms / diagnosis*
Soft Tissue Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging