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A 72-years-old woman presented to the emergency department for evaluation of a large soft tissue mass ( figure 1 ). X-ray film and ultrasound soft tissue of the left hip were carried out. On X-ray a large soft tissue mass was discovered ( figure 2 ). The patient was then followed with musculoskeletal ultrasound (Philips HD11 with head transducer L12-3) and revealed a lesion of mix type 7x7.5 cm with internal echogenicity and microcalcifications ( figures 3 and 4 ), and later underwent MRI Philips intera. The protocol included imaging in transverse and coronal level, with sequences T2-weighted, short-tau inversion recovery and gradient echo with fat-suppression before...