Painless hand mass

A painless finger mass.

A 39-year-old gentleman presented with a painless finger mass that had increased in size over eight years. There was no history of trauma or injury. He denied having any numbness or tingling in his fingers. No similar masses were present elsewhere. Past medical and family histories were non-contributory. Physical examination revealed a non-tender soft mass on the extensor aspect of the right fi...

Painless angioleiomyoma of the first web space of the hand.

Angioleiomyoma is a benign dermal or subcutaneous tumor originating from the tunica media of small veins and arteries, and rarely occurs in the hand. Because of its non-specific imaging features, a definite preoperative diagnosis is quite difficult. We present an unusual case of angioleiomyoma arising in the first web space of the right hand of a 56-year-old male. Physical examination showed a ...

The painless soft tissue mass in childhood--tumour or not?

Soft tissue malignancies are uncommon in adults and even rarer in children. Twelve children presented to the radiology department over a three-year period with a clinical diagnosis of a malignant lower limb mass. This diagnosis was usually based on the presence of a firm, painless mass. However, imaging revealed a heterogeneous group of benign pathologies: haemangioma (two cases), haematoma (tw...

A Slow-Growing Hand Mass

Painless Childbirth