Open AccessAggressive angiomyxoma of vulva: A case report and review of literature
Author(s) -
Bhakti Dattatraya Deshmukh,
Medha Kulkarni,
Yasmin Altaf Momin,
Kalpana Ranjitsingh Sulhyan
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
archives of medicine and health sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2321-6085
pISSN - 2321-4848
DOI - 10.4103/2321-4848.154952
Subject(s) - aggressive angiomyxoma , labia majora , medicine , vulva , mesenchymal tumor , incidence (geometry) , resection , surgery , pathology , immunohistochemistry , physics , optics
Aggressive angiomyxoma is a distinctive, locally aggressive, mesenchymal tumor that preferentially involves the pelvic and perineal regions of females with a peak incidence in the 4 th decade of life. The neoplastic cells of aggressive angiomyxoma exhibit fibroblastic and myofibroblastic features and appear to be hormonally influenced. There is a strong propensity for local recurrence. The recurrence may be seen years after the initial resection; hence, long-term follow-up is required. We report a case of a 22-year-old woman with a huge pedunculated aggressive angiomyxoma arising from right labia majora