Uterine angioleiomyoma is an extremely rare and unique variant of leiomyoma. It usually occurs in middle-aged women, who commonly present with menorrhagia, abdominal pain, or abdominal mass. The lesions are either single or multiple and manifest as submucosal, intramural, or subserosal whorled nodules. Microscopy of the individual nodule shows interlacing fascicles of spindle cells swirling aro...

Angioleiomyoma represents a benign stromal tumor, which usually occurs in the subcutaneous tissue of the extremities. The angioleiomyoma in the finger is rare. We report 2 rare cases of an angioleiomyoma in finger. Case one, was a 72-year-old man with a mass on the radial side of distal phalanx of the left third finger. Case two, was a 70-year-old man with a mass on the ulnar side of interphala...

Introduction: Laryngeal angioleiomyoma is a rare benign tumor of larynx with vascular origin. We report a case of laryngeal angioleiomyoma in a 52-year-old female. Case Presentation: A 52year-old Caucasian female was referred to our institute with a chief compliant of severe midnight snoring. Her symptoms were progressive and began from two years ago. There was no history of hoarseness and lary...

IMAGES location apart from the predilection sites because of its nature of having no clinical symptoms or diagnostic characteristics. We report a rare case of angioleiomyoma on the antihelix of the left ear and a review of the literature on such tumors. A 58-year-old woman was referred to our clinic for excision of a mass on the antihelix of her left ear. The patient gave a history of noticing ...

Angioleiomyoma is a benign soft-tissue tumor originating from vascular smooth muscle, and is rare in the head and neck. The present study retrospectively examined a cohort of patients with head and neck angioleiomyoma treated at the West China Hospital of Stomatology, and also subjected archived tissues to modern immunohistochemical analysis. In total, 21 patients were treated for angioleiomyom...

The objective was to demonstrate the occurrence of rare benign tumour angiomyoma or angioleiomyoma in ear canal. Angiomyoma, known as vascular leiomyoma angioleiomyoma, is a smooth muscle arising from muscular wall veins and comprises less than 5% all tumours. Peak incidence observed fourth sixth decades with site predilection being subcutaneous tissue lower limbs, followed by upper limbs. This...

Abstract On the maxillofacial department, we receive many referrals of lumps or swellings in oral cavity. The majority these lesions are diagnosed clinically as fibroepithelial polyps mucoceles, with excisional biopsy recommended for histopathological confirmation and removal. We report on rare case a 69-year-old male patient, who presented following referral from his General Dental Practitione...

We describe a 61-year-old Japanese woman who had been aware of a lesion on her left thigh for 10 years. Pathological examination demonstrated a well-circumscribed encapsulated nodule at the dermal-subcutaneous boundary, composed of eosinophilic spindle cell bundles, connective tissue, and numerous small vessels. Immunohistochemically, these eosinophilic cells were positive for a-smooth muscle a...