title: Angiomyxoid tumor with an intermediate feature between cellular angiofibroma and angiomyofibroblastoma in the male inguinal region.
abstract: Angiomyofibroblastoma (AMFB) and cellular angiofibroma (CA) are angiomyxoid tumors which infrequently arise in the female vulvovagina and each has been proposed to be a distinct clinicopathological entity. The former in male genitalia is exceedingly rare and has been described as its male analog or under the name of male AMFB-like tumor, while the latter in men has not been reported. We describe an angiomyxoid tumor which appeared in the inguinal region of 72-year-old man. The present case had a histopathological characteristic and immunophenotype intermediate between AMFB and CA. Male genital angiomyxoid tumors share many immunopathological features with their female counterparts, suggesting that they are male homologs rather than analogs. Immature mesenchymal cells with a potential of the multilineage differentiation might be promoted toward neoplastic myoblasts, fibroblasts and adipocytes, resulting in genital angiomyxoid tumors showing a broad spectrum in the immunopathological phenotype.
authors.affiliation: Division of Urology, Department of Regenerative and Transplant Medicine, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata University, Asahimachi, Niigata, Japan. harasho@med.niigata-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Noboru
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hara
authors.forename: Makoto
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kawaguchi
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Koike
authors.forename: Tsutomu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nishiyama
authors.forename: Kota
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takahashi
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D018322:Angiofibroma / Q000145:classification / Q000473:pathology*; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D005834:Genital Neoplasms, Male / Q000145:classification / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008648:Mesoderm / Q000473:pathology; D009232:Myxoma / Q000145:classification / Q000473:pathology*; D009379:Neoplasms, Muscle Tissue / Q000145:classification / Q000473:pathology*; D012737:Sex Factors