TEST YOURSELF: QUESTION
Slowly Enlarging Gluteal Mass
Olivia J. Thomas
1&Krista A. Goulding
2&Jonathan A. Flug
2&Idris T. Ocal
2&Jeremiah R. Long
2Received: 8 September 2020 / Revised: 1 February 2021 / Accepted: 7 February 2021
#ISS 2021
Question: Slowly enlarging gluteal mass
A 62-year-old man presents to the orthopedic surgery clinic with a slowly enlarging left gluteal mass. The mass was first discovered 4 years prior and over the past 4 months has be- come painful after prolonged periods of sitting (Figs.
1,2,3,4, 5, and6).The diagnosis can be found at doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/s00256-021- 03738-3
* Olivia J. Thomas thomas.olivia@mayo.edu Krista A. Goulding goulding.krista@mayo.edu Jonathan A. Flug flug.jonathan@mayo.edu Idris T. Ocal
ocal.tolgay@mayo.edu Jeremiah R. Long long.jeremiah@mayo.edu
1 Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine, 13400 East Shea Boulevard, Scottsdale, AZ 85259, USA
2 Mayo Clinic Arizona, 5777 East Mayo Boulevard, Phoenix, AZ 85054, USA
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00256-021-03737-4
/ Published online: 26 February 2021 Skeletal Radiology (2021) 50:1899–1901
Fig. 1 Axial T1-weighted MRI
Fig. 2 Axial T2-weighted MRI
Fig. 3 Axial T2-weighted MRI with fat suppression
Fig. 4 Axial post IV contrast T1-weighted MRI with fat suppression
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Fig. 5 Gross photo of the bivalved resected tumor
Fig. 6 Histopathological micrograph of the resected tumor (× 200 power hematoxylin and eosin stain)
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