(Radiology. 1999;210:792-793.)
© RSNA, 1999
Case 12
Mark J. Kransdorf, MD1,2 and
Mark D. Murphey, MD2,3,4
1 Department of Radiology, Saint Mary's Hospital, 5801 Bremo Rd, Richmond, VA 23226 (M.J.K.)
2 Department of Radiologic Pathology, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, DC (M.J.K., M.D.M.)
3 Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Md (M.D.M.)
4 Department of Radiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Md (M.D.M.).
Index terms: Diagnosis please
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HISTORY
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A 34-year-old woman presented for evaluation of a soft-tissue mass in the lateral aspect of the right lower leg.

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Figure 1a. (a) Axial precontrast T2-weighted (1,800/80 [repetition time msec/echo time msec]) spin-echo magnetic resonance (MR) image of the right lower leg at the level of the midcalf (Figure continues).
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Figure 1b. (Figure continued.) (b) Coronal precontrast T1-weighted (700/20) spin-echo MR image of the right lower leg at the level of the fibula. (c) Coronal postcontrast T1-weighted (700/20) spin-echo MR image of the right lower leg at the same position as in b.
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Figure 1c. (Figure continued.) (b) Coronal precontrast T1-weighted (700/20) spin-echo MR image of the right lower leg at the level of the fibula. (c) Coronal postcontrast T1-weighted (700/20) spin-echo MR image of the right lower leg at the same position as in b.
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Footnotes
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Address reprint requests to M.J.K.
The opinions or assertions contained herein are the private views of the authors and are not to be construed as official or as reflecting the views of the Department of the Army or the Department of Defense.
Submit the most likely diagnosis to dxplease@rsna.org (use only for submission of diagnosis). Include case number, your name (as you would want it to appear in the journal), address, phone and fax numbers. Only one name and one diagnosis per e-mail submission. Multiple diagnoses, multiple submissions, submissions without a case number will not be considered. Deadline: May 15, 1999. Answer will appear in the July 1999 issue. Authors wishing to submit cases for Diagnosis Please should first write to the Editor to obtain approval for the case and further information.
Received June 9, 1998;
revision requested June 30, 1998; revision received July 22, 1998;
accepted October 19, 1998.