Leiomyoma of the hand mimicking a pearl ganglion
Yang, W.-E.; Hsueh, S.; Chen, C.-H.; Lee, Z.-L.; Chen, W.-J.
Chang Gung Medical Journal 27(2): 134-137
2004
ISSN/ISBN: 2072-0939 PMID: 15095959 Document Number: 569891
Leiomyomas rarely occur in the hand. To our knowledge, there have been no reports of a leiomyoma of the hand mimicking a pearl ganglion in the English literature. We report such a case with a leiomyoma of the right third finger in a 59-year-old woman. The tumor was excised together with the underlying sheet of tissue. The pathology revealed that the tumor was linked to the underlying structure of a vascular wall by a stalk of tumor tissue. This report serves to remind clinicians to include leiomyoma in the differential diagnosis when encountering a 'ganglion-like lesion'. Also, this report demonstrates the link between a leiomyoma and its underlying origin.