title: Lipomatous variant of angiomyofibroblastoma involving the vulva: report of 3 cases of an extremely rare neoplasm with discussion of the differential diagnosis.
abstract: We report 3 cases of the extremely rare lipomatous variant of angiomyofibroblastoma (AMF) involving the vulva of women aged 35, 45, and 47. The lesions ranged in size from 2.5 to 12 cm in maximum dimension and the largest had a gross "fatty" appearance. The percentage of adipose tissue was approximately 50% in 1 case and over 90% in the other 2. In all the cases, there was a background of typical AMF with bland spindled and epithelioid cells arranged around blood vessels, although in the cases with >90% adipose tissue, this was subtle and diffusely interspersed with the adipose tissue. In all the cases, the spindled and epithelioid cells were positive with estrogen receptor. Given the morphologic features, misdiagnosis as a lipomatous neoplasm is likely, especially in cases with a minor component of typical AMF. We review the literature on lipomatous AMF and discuss the differential diagnosis.
authors: Departments of Pathology, Hospital de Santa Maria, Lisbon, Portugal (P.P.L.) San Cecilio University Hospital (E.Q., F.F.N.), Granada, Spain Royal Group of Hospitals (W.G.M.), Belfast, United Kingdom.
authors: Pedro P
authors: PP
authors: Luis
authors: Enoe
authors: E
authors: Quiñonez
authors: Francisco F
authors: FF
authors: Nogales
authors: W Glenn
authors: WG
authors: McCluggage
mesh_terms: D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000473:pathology*; D000328:Adult; D018229:Angiomyoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D018205:Neoplasms, Adipose Tissue / Q000175:diagnosis; D014846:Vulvar Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*