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A member asked:
3cm firm painless intramuscular lump in thigh for 5 months. bone ok. mri + dye = avid enhancement. not lipoma or myxoma. what could it be? next step?
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The next step: is probably a biopsy to evaluate the tumor. Malignancy, unfortunately, is a consideration here.
Answered 3/30/2015
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