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. 2023 Mar 20;103:4432. doi: 10.2340/actadv.v103.4432

Table II.

Clinical, imaging, pathological and molecular data of intramuscular haemangiomas

Variable Description Missing data
Clinical data
Size (cm2), mean (IQR) 19.5 (9.0-48.8) 21
Pain, n (%) 12 (26.1) 29
Location 0
 Head and neck 33 (44.0)
 Trunk 15 (20.0)
 Lower limb 15 (20.0)
 Upper limb 12 (16.0)
 Progressive increase 36 (90.0) 35
 Rapid increase 4 (10.0)
Warmth, n (%) 0 29
Pulsatility (on palpation), n (%) 3 (6.5) 29
Firm consistency, n (%) 23 (59.0) 36
Soft consistency, n (%) 13 (33.3)
Identified triggering factor, n (%) 7 (14.3) 26
 Trauma 5
 Pregnancy 1
 Air travel 1
Imaging data
MRI, described in n cases (%) 47 (62.7) 28
 Well-delineated mass* 10 (76.3)
 Heterogeneity/homogeneity*
 Heterogeneous mass 23 (88.5)
 Homogeneous mass 3 (11.5)
T1-weighted sequence description*
 Hyperintense signals 3 (9.4)
 Hypointense signals 2 (6.2)
 Isointense signal 27 (84.4)
T2-weighted sequence description* 31 (100)
 Hyperintense signals
 Contrast enhancement* 34 (100)
 Flow voids* 21 (100)
 Signal modifications of the underlying bone* 2 (4.1)
CT scan, described in n cases (%) 22 (29.3) 53
 Well-delineated mass* 4 (66.7)
 Heterogeneous mass* 4 (100)
 Contrast enhancement* 9 (100)
Angiogram, n (%) 27 (36.0) 48
Pathology and molecular data
Biopsy/excision performed, n (%) 68 (90.7) 7
Presence of adipose tissue* 31 (93.9)
Description of the vessel size*
 Small vessels only 42 (67.7)
 Small and other vessels 20 (32.3)
 Search of somatic mutations* 6
 MAP2K1 gene 4
 KRAS gene 2
*

For each of these variables, percentages were calculated as number of patients with the positive variable to the number patients for whom this variable was described. Thus, the denominator was not the same for each because all variables were not reported in all patients (i.e. percentage calculations take into account missing data for each variable).

IQR: interquartile range; CT: computed tomography; MRI: magnetic resonance imaging.