title: Clinicopathological features of unusual vascular lesions of the pelvis, retroperitoneum and colon in females: a report of five cases and review of the literature.
abstract: Vascular lesions comprise benign and malignant neoplasms as well as non-neoplastic conditions that may be located in various sites but only rarely in the pelvis or the retroperitoneum. In our study we describe five diverse and unusual cases of vascular lesions of the pelvis, retroperitoneum and colon in female patients: a case of retroperitoneal angiosarcoma, pelvic hemangioendothelioma, pelvic angiomyxoma, retroperitoneal lymphangioleiomyomatosis and a case of diffuse cavernous hemangiomatosis of the colon, with emphasis on their clinicopathological features and differential diagnosis. The recent literature on the subject is also briefly reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Pathology Laboratory, 2nd Clinic of Surgery, University of Athens, Aretaieion Hospital, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kairi-Vassilatou
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Grapsa
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kontogianni-Katsarou
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Smyrniotis
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hasiakos
authors.forename: A Kondi-Pafiti
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Agatha
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms; D005260:Female; D006390:Hemangioendothelioma / Q000473:pathology; D006392:Hemangioma, Cavernous / Q000473:pathology; D006394:Hemangiosarcoma / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D018192:Lymphangioleiomyomatosis / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009232:Myxoma / Q000473:pathology; D009383:Neoplasms, Vascular Tissue / Q000473:pathology; D010386:Pelvic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D012186:Retroperitoneal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology