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Case Reports
. 2013 Sep;56(5):349-51.
doi: 10.5468/ogs.2013.56.5.349. Epub 2013 Sep 14.

Angiomyofibroblastoma of the vulva

Jung-Won Seo  1 , Kyoung-A Lee, Na-Ra Yoon, Jeong-Won Lee, Byoung-Gie Kim, Duk-Soo Bae
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Case Reports

Angiomyofibroblastoma of the vulva

Jung-Won Seo et al. Obstet Gynecol Sci. 2013 Sep.

Abstract

Angiomyofibroblastoma (AMFB) is an uncommon benign mesenchymal tumor. AMFB occurs almost in the vulvo-vaginal area of women. The gross features of AMFB are well-circumscribed so it clinically is often thought as Bartholin gland cyst or aggressive angiomyxoma. Usually, most tumors grow slowly, and patients do not feel pain. It also has low tendency for local recurrence. The histologic findings of the tumors are abundant thin-walled blood vessels with hypocellular and hypercellular areas. Almost all tumor cells have immunoreactivity for both desmin and vimentin. It also has estrogen and/or progesterone receptors, but staining for cytokeratin is negative. Here is a case of AMFB of the vulva occurring in a 40-year-old woman, involving the right labia majora. The patient described that her vulva mass grew in about few months. The maximum dimension of the tumor was measured as 2 cm, and we resected the tumor one month after as her second visit.

Keywords: Angiomyofibroblastoma; Vulva.

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Figures

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Fig. 1
Tumor has immunoreactivity for vimentin (H&E, ×400).
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Spindles cells around blood vessels without bland nuclei in the background of dense collagenous matrix (vimentin, ×100).
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