title: Angiomatoid giant cellular blue nevus of vaginal wall associated with pregnancy.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Blue nevi that arise from the Müllerian tract are rare melanocytic lesions. Several histopathologic variants of cellular blue nevi have been described. The angiomatoid variant is characterized by a vascular component, and is considered to be a rare variant. Few studies have explored the influence of pregnancy on melanocytic lesions.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 29-year-old woman was presented with a pigmented vaginal lesion that increased gradually during pregnancy. A full term gynecologic examination showed a tumor mass protruding into the vaginal canal. The mass was resected during cesarean-section under the clinical impression of vaginal hemangioma.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Gross examination revealed a cystic mass measuring 6.0 × 4.3 × 3.5 cm, which was filled with dark friable material. Histologically, the mass showed a subepithelial cellular proliferation of heavily pigmented dendritic melanocytes with prominent vascular stroma. Cytologic pleomorphism, junctional activity, atypical mitosis, and necrosis were not found. The proliferation was immunoreactive for HMB-45, S-100 and melan-A, and non-immunoreactive for CD34, smooth muscle actin, and AE1/AE3. The MIB-1 proliferative index was less than 1%. The patient had a postoperative course without complication.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Angiomatoid giant cellular blue nevus arising from the vagina during pregnancy is extremely rare. The low proliferative index and absence of cytologic pleomorphism, or necrosis, supports a benign biological behavior. Clinical follow-up showed no evidence of recurrence at one year after the resection of the mass.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, King Khalid University, Saudi Arabia. malshraim@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Mubarak M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Al-Shraim
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000378:metabolism; D049109:Cell Proliferation; D018572:Disease-Free Survival; D005260:Female; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D009389:Neovascularization, Pathologic; D018329:Nevus, Blue / Q000098:blood supply / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011252:Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic; D011262:Pregnancy Trimester, Second; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014621:Vagina / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014625:Vaginal Neoplasms / Q000098:blood supply / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*
chemical_list: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor