A 55-year-old female presented with elastofibroma of the thigh. On presentation, she complained a palpable, painful mass on anterolateral right thigh that had been present for one year. She history surgery femur fracture. MRI, soft-tissue was seen in vastus intermedius muscle, as heterogeneous lesion streaky fatty and fibrous components. The component isointense to high signal both T1- T2-weigh...

BACKGROUND There is a close association between frailty and cognitive impairment. However, the underlying contribution of sarcopenia to the development of cognitive impairment is unclear. We investigated the possible association between muscle mass decline and cognitive impairment in a cross-sectional study of 1518 subjects aged 55 years or above. We also evaluated arterial stiffness and white ...

We investigated the effect of leg position on the depth of the sciatic nerve and quality of ultrasound images taken at the proximal and mid-thigh level. Twenty-one volunteers with average body mass index were recruited to represent the younger population receiving sciatic nerve blocks for sports injury surgery. The volunteers were placed in the lateral position, with the hip flexed and with the...

This case presents a hydatid cyst of the thigh in a 57-year-old patient born and raised in rural Montenegro. He presented with a painful erythematous mass on the lateral aspect of the right thigh at the site of a previous cystic mass resection 13 years earlier. Complete surgical resection was conducted, histopathology revealed laminated membranes and polymerase chain reaction was positive for E...

BACKGROUND In the general population, aging induces changes in body composition, such as sarcopenia or a relative increase in visceral fat, but it remains unclear if similar changes occur in elderly haemodialysis (HD) patients. METHODS Age-related changes in muscle and fat mass and fat distribution in the thigh and abdomen were cross-sectionally investigated in Japanese HD patients. The thigh...

Ophthalmoplegia is an unusual finding in diffuse large B cell lymphoma. This report describes the case of a 72-year old male patient who presented with ophthalmoplegia but no gross neurological manifestations and an isolated mass in the left upper thigh. His ophthalmoplegia improved from his first cycle of systemic and intrathecal chemotherapy, his thigh mass effusion spontaneously resolved, an...

Case history A 20 year old professional footballer presented with pain and swelling of the left thigh after a kick three weeks previously. He had sustained a number of injuries in the past including a previous calf haematoma because of the nature of his profession but none had been as severe. Clinical examination revealed a normal gait. There was definite but diVuse swelling of the extensor com...

Case history A 20 year old professional footballer presented with pain and swelling of the left thigh after a kick three weeks previously. He had sustained a number of injuries in the past including a previous calf haematoma because of the nature of his profession but none had been as severe. Clinical examination revealed a normal gait. There was definite but diVuse swelling of the extensor com...

Fatty infiltration of muscle, myosteatosis, increases with age and results in reduced muscle strength and function and increased fall risk. However, it is unknown if increased fatty infiltration of muscle predisposes to hip fracture. We measured the mean Hounsfield unit (HU) of the lean tissue within the midthigh muscle bundle (thigh muscle HU, an indicator of intramuscular fat), its cross-sect...

Chair-seat height affects the burden on the lower-limbs during sit-to-stand (STS) movement. Previous studies used the same height chair, attaching importance to practicability, but the difference in each subject's lower thigh length may relate to the burden on the lower-limbs. This study aimed to examine the influence of different lower thigh lengths on floor reaction force and lower-limb stren...