title: Vascular myxolipoma ("angiomyxolipoma") of the spermatic cord.
abstract: We report a case of vascular myxolipoma of the spermatic cord occurring in a 32-year-old man. Clinically, the lesion was mobile and tender. Pathologically, the tumor was encapsulated and rubbery with a beige-yellow gelatinous cut surface. Microscopically, the lesion consisted of adipose tissue with extensive areas of myxoid change and an abundance of thin and thick-walled blood vessels. We consider this tumor a vascular type of myxolipoma and propose the term angiomyxolipoma. The lesion should be distinguished from liposarcoma and aggressive angiomyxoma, which have malignant or aggressive clinical course.
authors.affiliation: Department of Laboratory Medicine, Ottawa Civic Hospital, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: K T
authors.initials: KT
authors.lastname: Mai
authors.forename: H M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Yazdi
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Collins
mesh_terms: D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000473:pathology; D000328:Adult; D018206:Angiolipoma / Q000098:blood supply / Q000473:pathology*; D001808:Blood Vessels / Q000473:pathology; D005834:Genital Neoplasms, Male / Q000098:blood supply / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013085:Spermatic Cord