Aggressive angiomyxoma mimicking cervical polyp

PURPOSE: The purpose of this paper is the presentation of a case of an aggressive angiomyxoma of the uterine cervix in a 29-year-old woman. METHOD: The patient was presented with dysuria, and mild suprapubic pain. The preoperative diagnosis after the physical examination was uterine cervical polyp....

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Published in:Pelviperineology 2010-03, Vol.29 (1), p.30
Main Authors: PAPLOMATA, ELISAVET, FOTAS, ASTERIOS, BALAXIS, DIMITRIOS, FILINDRIS, THEODOROS, Charalambous, Stavros, ROMBIS, VASILEIOS
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Language:eng ; ita
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Summary:PURPOSE: The purpose of this paper is the presentation of a case of an aggressive angiomyxoma of the uterine cervix in a 29-year-old woman. METHOD: The patient was presented with dysuria, and mild suprapubic pain. The preoperative diagnosis after the physical examination was uterine cervical polyp. RESULTS: Histological examination performed after surgical excision however, showed a densely vascular, poorly circumscribed neoplasm, composed of spindle-shaped cells widely spaced from each other in myxoid stroma. These findings were compatible with the diagnosis of an aggressive angiomyxoma. CONCLUSION: Aggressive angiomyxoma is a rare soft tissue tumor of the pelvis and perineum. Pathologic and clinical characteristics of the tumor are discussed
ISSN:1973-4905
1973-4913