title: A rare case of female pelvic mass: angioleiomyoma of the broad ligament.
abstract: Angioleiomyoma is a benign mesenchymal neoplasm composed of smooth muscle cells and thick-walled vessels. It is usually found in the skin of the lower extremities. Angioleiomyoma is a very rare tumor among the ever-expanding repertoire of growth variants described in benign uterine leiomyoma. More rare is a solitary tumor of the broad ligament. Thus angioleiomyoma of the broad ligament is an extremely rare benign tumor of the female pelvis. In this report a 52-year-old woman with a one-year history of abdominal pain was admitted to our hospital. Gynaecological and ultrasonography exams showed a large mass with increased vascularization in the right adnexal region. The patient underwent total hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy. The site of the benign mass was the left broad ligament of the uterus. On pathologic examination of the specimen, the tumor was diagnosed as angioleiomyoma. We present a case of angioleiomyoma of the broad ligament because of its extreme rarity and the large size of the tumor.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gynaecology, Obstetrics and Reproductive Medicine, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cobellis
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Pecori
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Rigatti
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Scaffa
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rotondi
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Messalli
mesh_terms: D000291:Adnexal Diseases / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D018229:Angiomyoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D001956:Broad Ligament / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged