[Invasive angiomyxoma].
Invasive angiomyxoma is a rare mesenchymal tumour predominantly affecting women and essentially involving the pelvis, perineum and inguinal region. It is essentially characterized by a high local recurrence rate. Treatment of these recurrences is almost exclusively surgical and is not always easy to perform. Other treatment modalities have been proposed (radiotherapy, endocrine therapy) with encouraging preliminary results. The authors report the case of a patient presenting with a recurrence at 9 months, treated by surgery and preoperative embolization. No disease progression was observed at the various follow-up CT examinations 9 months after the operation. Along with most other authors, they believe that surgery is still the standard treatment for these recurrences, but this attitude may need to be revised with the appearance of new treatment modalities.
Mourad
Jaafar
J
Service d'Urologie, Hôpital de Belfort-Montbéliard, Site de Montbéliard, 25209 Montbéliard, France. jaafar_mourad@hotmail.com
Atassi
Ahmad
A
Ridoux
Gerard
G
Girardoi
Pierre
P
Raffoul
Johnny
J
D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D009232:Myxoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D010386:Pelvic Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D012008:Recurrence; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed