Aggressive angiomyxoma of the vulva: case report

Female patient, 42-years-old, complaining of difficulty in urinating and swelling in the vulvar area for one year. Her gynecological examination showed extensive injury in the vulvar region and the biopsy done was inconclusive. The removal of the lesion was conducted. After the procedure, the patien...

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Autores principales: Ribeiro, José Carlos Castelo Branco, Vieira, Sabas Carlos, da Silva, Benedito Borges, dos Santos, Lina Gomes, Costa, Pedro Vítor Lopes, da Fonsêca, Lia Andréa Costa
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Instituto de Ensino e Pesquisa Albert Einstein 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4943823/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26061077
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1679-45082015RC2952
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author Ribeiro, José Carlos Castelo Branco
Vieira, Sabas Carlos
da Silva, Benedito Borges
dos Santos, Lina Gomes
Costa, Pedro Vítor Lopes
da Fonsêca, Lia Andréa Costa
author_facet Ribeiro, José Carlos Castelo Branco
Vieira, Sabas Carlos
da Silva, Benedito Borges
dos Santos, Lina Gomes
Costa, Pedro Vítor Lopes
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description Female patient, 42-years-old, complaining of difficulty in urinating and swelling in the vulvar area for one year. Her gynecological examination showed extensive injury in the vulvar region and the biopsy done was inconclusive. The removal of the lesion was conducted. After the procedure, the patient remains free of recurrence for 15 months. This case highlights the need to consider angiomyxoma in the differential diagnosis for tumors of unknown cause in the vulvar region.
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spelling pubmed-49438232016-08-10 Aggressive angiomyxoma of the vulva: case report Ribeiro, José Carlos Castelo Branco Vieira, Sabas Carlos da Silva, Benedito Borges dos Santos, Lina Gomes Costa, Pedro Vítor Lopes da Fonsêca, Lia Andréa Costa Einstein (Sao Paulo) Case Report Female patient, 42-years-old, complaining of difficulty in urinating and swelling in the vulvar area for one year. Her gynecological examination showed extensive injury in the vulvar region and the biopsy done was inconclusive. The removal of the lesion was conducted. After the procedure, the patient remains free of recurrence for 15 months. This case highlights the need to consider angiomyxoma in the differential diagnosis for tumors of unknown cause in the vulvar region. Instituto de Ensino e Pesquisa Albert Einstein 2015 /pmc/articles/PMC4943823/ /pubmed/26061077 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1679-45082015RC2952 Text en http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License, which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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