Abstract
The most superficial and bulkiest muscle in the buttock area, the gluteus maximus, is more often involved by sarcoma than the other glutei. This muscle originates from a small area in the posterior part of the ilium, the aponeurotic layers covering the sacrum on its lateral side, and the intermuscular septum separating it from the gluteus medius. It inserts in the iliotibial band and in the gluteal tuberosity on the posterior surface of the femur, extending from the upper end of the linea aspera to the lower end of the greater trochanter.
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Karakousis, C.P. (2015). Tumor in the Buttock Area. In: Atlas of Operative Procedures in Surgical Oncology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-1634-4_46
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