A Rare Benign Tumour — Intramuscular Myxoma
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This report is of a patient with intramuscular myxoma of the right subscapularis. The patient had a history of parotid lymphoma. The diagnosis was confirmed by computed tomography-guided biopsy. The biopsy was positive only when the enhanced solid component was targeted. This information could be revealed by magnetic resonance imaging but not by computed tomography.
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