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A case of aggressive angiomyxoma of the vulva

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Aggressive angiomyxoma (AA) is a rare mesenchymal neoplasm of the female pelvis and vulva, which has a tendency for local recurrence. AA is occasionally misdiagnosed as Bartholin’s gland cyst or abscess, lipoma, simple labial cyst, or soft tissue tumors. We describe a case of AA on the outside of the left labium majus pudendi in a 28-year-old female. We were able to make the preoperative diagnosis of AA by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and ultrasound (US), and to perform complete surgical excision with a transperineal minimally invasive approach. The novelty of this case is the use of ultrasound for the diagnostic workup of the perineal tumor and determination of the incision line.

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  1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Showa University School of Medicine, 1-5-8 Hatanodai, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, 142-8666, Japan

    Hajime Ota, Katsufumi Otsuki, Mitsuyoshi Ichihara, Tetsuya Ishikawa & Takashi Okai

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Ota, H., Otsuki, K., Ichihara, M. et al. A case of aggressive angiomyxoma of the vulva. J Med Ultrasonics 40, 283–287 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10396-012-0427-y

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