title: Aggressive angiomyxoma of the vulva: a case report and review of literature.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Aggressive angiomyxoma (AA) is a rare vulvovaginal mesenchymal neoplasm with a marked tendency to local recurrence but which usually does not metastasize.
  
  
  METHODS
  We describe a case of AA in the left labium majus pudendi in a 47-year-old woman who underwent incomplete surgical excision. Follow-up 2years later revealed no recurrence.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In the past, most authors advocated wide excision even if genitourinary and digestive tract resection were necessary. These days, a less radical surgery is recommended, but the significance of hormonal treatment and/or radiation therapy is not clear yet. Further investigation is necessary.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
authors.forename: Inge
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Dierickx
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Deraedt
authors.forename: Willy
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Poppe
authors.forename: Jasper
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Verguts
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009232:Myxoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014846:Vulvar Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery