Aggressive angiomyxoma of the pelvis: case report and review.
OBJECTIVE
To report a case of recurrent aggressive angiomyxoma managed by a team composed of a radiologist, general surgeon, and reproductive endocrinologist, with a literature review which focuses on histologic differences between various types of myxomas.


METHODS
Case report and literature review.


CONCLUSIONS
The proband patient has an apparent cure, but this particular type of myxoma shows a proclivity for recurrence, sometimes years after resection. Therefore, long-term follow-up with MRI or CT scans is necessary. Preoperative management with vessel embolization and creation of gonadal suppression facilitates the surgical approach, which usually can be via a perineal, extraperitoneal route.
Corson
Stephen L
SL
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Jefferson University Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Rosato
Ernest L
EL
Rosato
Francis E
FE
Eschelman
David J
DJ
D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009232:Myxoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D010386:Pelvic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery