Citation

Khankhanian NK, Hammers YA, Kowalski P. Mil. Med. 1992; 157(12): 670-674.

Affiliation

Department of Pathology, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Augusta, GA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1992, Association of Military Surgeons of the United States)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

1470383

Abstract

We present an unusual pseudotumor that formed in reaction to self-administered intramuscular injections of an anabolic steroid, nandrolone decanoate (Deca-Durabolin) in a young soldier. The histopathologic features which closely mimicked several malignant neoplasms could have led to an incorrect diagnosis of malignancy and unnecessary extensive surgery. To our knowledge, this phenomenon has not been previously reported.

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