title: Aggressive Angiomyxoma: Imaging Findings in 3 Cases With Clinicopathological Correlation and Review of the Literature.
abstract: Aggressive angiomyxoma is a rare mesenchymal tumor with a typical presentation as a slowly growing perineal soft tissue mass in paravulvar and pararectal region in young adult women. We present 3 cases of aggressive angiomyxoma with clinicopathological correlation and describe their main imaging features with emphasis on magnetic resonance imaging, adding useful information about their behavior on dynamic contrast-enhanced sequences and diffusion-weighted imaging and including a comprehensive review of the existing literature.
authors.affiliation: From the *Department of Radiology, Hospital Sant Joan Despi Moises Broggi; †Institut de Diagnostic per la Imatge, Department of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron; ‡Department of General Surgery, Hospital Sant Joan Despi Moises Broggi; and §Department of Pathology, Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: Javier
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Miguez Gonzalez
authors.forename: Rosa
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dominguez Oronoz
authors.forename: Pilar
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lozano Arranz
authors.forename: Francesc
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Calaf Forn
authors.forename: Pedro
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Barrios Sanchez
authors.forename: Angel
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Garcia Jimenez
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003287:Contrast Media; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D038524:Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D005260:Female; D005682:Gadolinium; D006801:Humans; D007089:Image Enhancement; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D061330:Multidetector Computed Tomography; D009232:Myxoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012007:Rectum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014621:Vagina / Q000473:pathology*
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media; D005682:Gadolinium