CASE REPORT article
Front. Surg.
Sec. Vascular Surgery
Volume 12 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fsurg.2025.1613279
Upper Extremity Fibro-Adipose Vascular Anomaly-Case Report
Provisionally accepted
- 1Guang'anmen Hospital Jinan Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences (Jinan Municipal Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine), Jinan, China
- 2The First Affiliated Hospital of Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, China
- 3Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, China
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Background: Fibro-Adipose Vascular Anomaly (FAVA) is a complex vascular malformation, usually presents as painful and slow-growing masses, and occurs commonly in the lower limb.Methods: This paper describes a rare case of FAVA in the upper limb, which was successfully treated with surgery. A 26-year-old female was admitted with a painful mass in the left forearm. The MRI scan and Color Doppler ultrasound showed the mass located in the flexor carpi radialis of the left forearm.The patient underwent resection of the involved muscle, and the histopathological examination confirmed the diagnosis of FAVA. She was followed up for 6 months after surgery without any relevant clinical event.Conclusions: Surgical management is an effective option for FAVA.
Keywords: Fibro-Adipose Vascular Anomaly, vascular malformation, Upper limb, case report, surgical management
Received: 16 Apr 2025; Accepted: 18 Aug 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 WANG, Pang, YU, GUO, FAN, SONG and SUN. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence:
quan Kui SONG, Guang'anmen Hospital Jinan Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences (Jinan Municipal Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine), Jinan, China
Yan SUN, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, China
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