Angiomyxoma

Angiomyxoma

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Angiomyxoma is a myxomatous tumor involving the blood vessels.

It can affect the vulvacite journal |author=Mandal S, Dhingra K, Roy S, Khurana N |title=Aggressive angiomyxoma of the vulva presenting as a pedunculated swelling |journal=Indian J Pathol Microbiol |volume=51 |issue=2 |pages=259–60 |year=2008 |pmid=18603701 |doi= |url=http://www.ijpmonline.org/article.asp?issn=0377-4929;year=2008;volume=51;issue=2;spage=259;epage=260;aulast=Mandal] and other parts of the pelvis.cite journal |author=Mathieson A, Chandrakanth S, Yousef G, Wadden P |title=Aggressive angiomyxoma of the pelvis: a case report |journal=Can J Surg |volume=50 |issue=3 |pages=228–9 |year=2007 |month=June |pmid=17568501 |pmc=2384290 |doi= |url=http://www.cma.ca/multimedia/staticContent/HTML/N0/l2/cjs/vol-50/issue-3/pdf/pg228.pdf]

Aggressive angiomyxoma was originally described in 1983,cite journal |author=Adwan H, Patel B, Kamel D, Glazer G |title=A solitary encapsulated pelvic aggressive angiomyxoma |journal=Ann R Coll Surg Engl |volume=86 |issue=6 |pages=W1–3 |year=2004 |month=November |pmid=16749950 |pmc=1964274 |doi=10.1308/14787080465 |url=http://openurl.ingenta.com/content/nlm?genre=article&issn=0035-8843&volume=86&issue=6&spage=W1&aulast=Adwan] but the term "angiomyxoma" dates back to at least 1952.cite journal |author=RAEBURN C |title=The histogenesis of four cases of angiomyxoma of the auricle |journal=J. Clin. Pathol. |volume=5 |issue=4 |pages=339–44 |year=1952 |month=November |pmid=13011222 |pmc=1023673 |doi= |url=http://jcp.bmj.com/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=13011222]

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