Aggressive angiomyxoma of the vulva presenting as a pedunculated swelling

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Aggressive Angiomyxoma of the Vulva: A Case Report

Aggressive angiomyxoma (AA) is a slow growing soft tissue tumor that preferentially involves the vulval and perineal regions. It is characterized by frequent local recurrences but only two reports of metastasized cases have been reported so far. This is a case report of a 32-year-old woman referred with the complain of a painful mass in the right labia major since a few months ago. Gynecologic ...

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Background: Aggressive angiomyxoma is a rare mesenchymal tumor with extensive local invasion. It often presents with a lump in the perineal area and pelvic. Since it often does not involve adjacent organs such as the urethra and anus, does not cause obstructive symptoms. Its incidence is 6 times higher in women than men. This tumor grows slowly and has a slight tendency to metastasize. However,...

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Pedunculated angiomyxoma of the vulva - a rare clinical entity.

BACKGROUND Aggressive angiomyxoma is an uncommon mesenchymal tumor that preferentially involves the pelvic and perineal regions of females. Since its initial description in 1983, approximately 65 cases have been reported in the English literature. CASE A 33-year-old parous woman with a slow growing pedunculated soft tissue tumour of the vulva which later underwent surface ulceration. Patholog...

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عنوان ژورنال: Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology

سال: 2008

ISSN: 0377-4929

DOI: 10.4103/0377-4929.41677