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Aggressive Angiomyxoma in Pregnancy
Author(s) -
Prashant Goyal,
Dipti Agrawal,
Shelly Sehgal,
Soumyesh Ghosh,
Awanindra Kumar,
Sompal Singh
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
rare tumors
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.285
H-Index - 15
eISSN - 2036-3613
pISSN - 2036-3605
DOI - 10.4081/rt.2014.5362
Subject(s) - labia majora , medicine , aggressive angiomyxoma , pregnancy , vulva , histopathology , surgery , labia , mesenchymal tumor , wide local excision , obstetrics , dermatology , pathology , immunohistochemistry , genetics , biology
Aggressive angiomyxoma (AA) is a rare, slow-growing mesenchymal neoplasm of vulvo-perineal region. Although AA is common in females of reproductive age, only a few cases during pregnancy have been documented in the English literature. It carries a high risk of local recurrence but rarely metastasizes. The high recurrence rate can partially be due to inadequate excision, which may be due to an incorrect preoperative diagnosis. We present a case of 25-year-old pregnant female presenting with a painless and soft mass attached to left labia majora by a stalk. This mass was clinically thought to be a lipoma. It was completely excised and was diagnosed as AA on histopathology. Gynecologists should consider the diagnosis of AA when a young female especially during her pregnancy presents with a vulvo-perineal mass. Incorrect diagnosis may lead to incomplete excision and recurrence

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