DİFFERENTİAL DİAGNOSİS OF SOFT TİSSUE LESİON İN LEG

Muscle strain or tear	Palpable piece of mass / precision, swelling / heat, contraction pain or muscle strain
Muscle contusion or hematomas	Local damage to the muscle (bleeding,swelling), painful muscle contraction/stretching. If the hematoma is old, organized thickening develops.
Muscle spasm or cramp	Painful palpable lump/thickening,possible range of motion restriction, pain in tense muscle.
Muscle herniation and fasiyal tearing	Palpable soft mass, severe muscle pain with increased activity, activity after localized swelling.
Myositis ossicles	Painful palpable mass in the muscle, microrods in muscle fibers that cause pain and swelling when the muscle flexes or contracts, loss of movement in restricted muscle function.
Deep vein thrombosis(DVT)	Constant pain, pain in passive dorsiflexion, localized temperature, localized tenderness and possible swelling on leg palpation, high body temperature.
Bening tumor	Localized pain and tenderness, can be noticeably soft or hard, may cause movement disorder(depending on location).
Maling tumor	General malaise, possible sudden weight loss, localized pain or swelling of various sizes.
Hemangioma	Long lasting, palpable lump with slow changes in size over time, there may be pain, can limit movement/may not restrict.
Baker cyst	Palpable lump with possible tenderness in posterior knee and posteromedial leg.
Pseudodrombophlebitis	With DVT , swelling in the calf, may mimic acute pain that worsens with compression.