DEEP AGGRESSIVE ANGIOMYXOMA IN THE PELVIC REGION: A CASE REPORT
| Autor: | Minal Desale, Mangal Pandure, Harsh Shah, Ravindra R. Karle, Tanwi Singh, Sangeeta Singh |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Aggressive angiomyxoma
medicine.medical_specialty lcsh:R5-920 Soft Tissue Neoplasm medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry lcsh:R lcsh:Medicine medicine.disease Palpation Abdominal mass Perineum Surgery medicine.anatomical_structure Medicine Abdomen Cyst medicine.symptom business lcsh:Medicine (General) |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Medical Research and Health Sciences, Vol 4, Iss 1, Pp 229-232 (2015) |
| ISSN: | 2319-5886 |
| Popis: | Introduction: Aggressive angiomyxoma is a rare soft tissue neoplasm that usually arises within perineum of woman of reproductive age. A mass in vulva, which clinically can be diagnosed as a Bertholin gland cyst, should have aggressive angiomyxoma in differential diagnosis. Rarely, cases reported in males and children. Case report: A case of 40yrs female, presented with complaints of pain in abdomen and distension of abdomen since 20 days, is being reported. On abdominal palpation: Tender, abdominal mass felt corresponding to 24-26 weeks. Per speculum examination revealed that cervix taken up. Ultrasound abdomen suggestive of 36x23x15cms neoplastic abdomino-pelvic mass, heterogenous, hypoechoic & solid. Uterus bulky with loss of endometrial-myometrial complex. Total abdominal hysterectomy with bilateral salpingoopherectomy done. Grossly, a huge 32x20x14cms tumor, weighing 2500gm, was received; whose histological diagnosis was deep aggressive angiomyxoma. Conclusion: Aggressive angiomyxoma is a rare, mesenchymal neoplasm, which infiltrates surrounding tissue. It is more common in women. |
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