Myxoid leiomyoma of the vulva mimicking aggressive angiomyxoma. 1994

T Nemoto, and M Shinoda, and K Komatsuzaki, and T Hara, and M Kojima, and T Ogihara
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Haga Red Cross Hospital, Moka, Japan.

A case of vulvar leiomyoma with extensive myxoid change in a 40 year old female is described. The tumor had a unique connection with a non-degenerative leiomyoma that compressed the rectum and the bladder. Scattered smooth muscle cells in a loose myxoid stroma were immunoreactive for desmin. Fibroblast-like spindle cells were immunoreactive for vimentin but not for desmin. The initial, although incorrect, pathological diagnosis of the tumor was aggressive angiomyxoma based on the similarity in both clinical and pathological aspects with this more invasive tumor. Myxoid vulvar leiomyoma should also be differentiated from angiomyofibroblastoma. The key to the differential diagnosis is the presence of interlacing smooth muscle cells and an awareness of tendency toward myxoid change in vulvar leiomyomas.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007889 Leiomyoma A benign tumor derived from smooth muscle tissue, also known as a fibroid tumor. They rarely occur outside of the UTERUS and the GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT but can occur in the SKIN and SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE, probably arising from the smooth muscle of small blood vessels in these tissues. Fibroid,Fibroid Tumor,Fibroid Uterus,Fibroids, Uterine,Fibroma, Uterine,Fibromyoma,Leiomyoma, Uterine,Fibroid Tumors,Fibroid, Uterine,Fibroids,Fibromas, Uterine,Fibromyomas,Leiomyomas,Tumor, Fibroid,Tumors, Fibroid,Uterine Fibroid,Uterine Fibroids,Uterine Fibroma,Uterine Fibromas,Uterus, Fibroid
D009232 Myxoma A benign neoplasm derived from connective tissue, consisting chiefly of polyhedral and stellate cells that are loosely embedded in a soft mucoid matrix, thereby resembling primitive mesenchymal tissue. It occurs frequently intramuscularly where it may be mistaken for a sarcoma. It appears also in the jaws and the skin. (From Stedman, 25th ed) Angiomyxoma,Angiomyxomas,Myxomas
D003937 Diagnosis, Differential Determination of which one of two or more diseases or conditions a patient is suffering from by systematically comparing and contrasting results of diagnostic measures. Diagnoses, Differential,Differential Diagnoses,Differential Diagnosis
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328 Adult A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available. Adults
D014846 Vulvar Neoplasms Tumors or cancer of the VULVA. Cancer of Vulva,Vulvar Cancer,Cancer of the Vulva,Neoplasms, Vulvar,Vulva Cancer,Vulva Neoplasms,Cancer, Vulva,Cancer, Vulvar,Cancers, Vulva,Cancers, Vulvar,Neoplasm, Vulva,Neoplasm, Vulvar,Neoplasms, Vulva,Vulva Cancers,Vulva Neoplasm,Vulvar Cancers,Vulvar Neoplasm

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