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Vaginal Angiomyofibroblastoma: A Case Report and Review of Diagnostic Imaging
BACKGROUND: Angiomyofibroblastoma (AMFB) is a benign mesenchymal tumor most commonly found in the female genital tract of premenopausal women. Although rare, AMFB is an important consideration in the differential diagnosis of vulvar and vaginal masses, as it must be distinguished from aggressive ang...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6076939/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30105110 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/7397121 |
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author | Eckhardt, Sarah Rolston, Renee Palmer, Suzanne Ozel, Begum |
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description | BACKGROUND: Angiomyofibroblastoma (AMFB) is a benign mesenchymal tumor most commonly found in the female genital tract of premenopausal women. Although rare, AMFB is an important consideration in the differential diagnosis of vulvar and vaginal masses, as it must be distinguished from aggressive angiomyxoma (AA), a locally recurrent, invasive, and damaging tumor with similar clinical and pathologic findings. CASE: We describe a patient with a 4 cm vaginal AMFB and the relevant preoperative radiographic imaging findings. CONCLUSION: Preoperative diagnosis of AMFB remains difficult. Common findings on magnetic resonance imaging and transvaginal sonography are described. We conclude that both transvaginal ultrasound and MRI are potentially useful imaging modalities in the preoperative assessment of vulvar and vaginal AMFB, with more data needed to determine superiority of one modality over the other. |
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spelling | pubmed-60769392018-08-13 Vaginal Angiomyofibroblastoma: A Case Report and Review of Diagnostic Imaging Eckhardt, Sarah Rolston, Renee Palmer, Suzanne Ozel, Begum Case Rep Obstet Gynecol Case Report BACKGROUND: Angiomyofibroblastoma (AMFB) is a benign mesenchymal tumor most commonly found in the female genital tract of premenopausal women. Although rare, AMFB is an important consideration in the differential diagnosis of vulvar and vaginal masses, as it must be distinguished from aggressive angiomyxoma (AA), a locally recurrent, invasive, and damaging tumor with similar clinical and pathologic findings. CASE: We describe a patient with a 4 cm vaginal AMFB and the relevant preoperative radiographic imaging findings. CONCLUSION: Preoperative diagnosis of AMFB remains difficult. Common findings on magnetic resonance imaging and transvaginal sonography are described. We conclude that both transvaginal ultrasound and MRI are potentially useful imaging modalities in the preoperative assessment of vulvar and vaginal AMFB, with more data needed to determine superiority of one modality over the other. Hindawi 2018-07-15 /pmc/articles/PMC6076939/ /pubmed/30105110 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/7397121 Text en Copyright © 2018 Sarah Eckhardt et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Eckhardt, Sarah Rolston, Renee Palmer, Suzanne Ozel, Begum Vaginal Angiomyofibroblastoma: A Case Report and Review of Diagnostic Imaging |
title | Vaginal Angiomyofibroblastoma: A Case Report and Review of Diagnostic Imaging |
title_full | Vaginal Angiomyofibroblastoma: A Case Report and Review of Diagnostic Imaging |
title_fullStr | Vaginal Angiomyofibroblastoma: A Case Report and Review of Diagnostic Imaging |
title_full_unstemmed | Vaginal Angiomyofibroblastoma: A Case Report and Review of Diagnostic Imaging |
title_short | Vaginal Angiomyofibroblastoma: A Case Report and Review of Diagnostic Imaging |
title_sort | vaginal angiomyofibroblastoma: a case report and review of diagnostic imaging |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6076939/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30105110 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/7397121 |
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