A rare case of angioleiomyoma of cervix: a case report
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https://doi.org/10.18203/2320-1770.ijrcog20242832Keywords:
Angioleiomyoma, Vascular leiomyoma, Benign soft tissue tumoursAbstract
Angioleiomyoma or vascular leiomyoma are smooth muscle tumors. They typically present as a firm, rounded mobile nodule. They account for 4.5% of all benign soft tissue tumours. Leiomyoma is one of the common benign tumors of female genital tract. Angioleiomyoma is extremely rare as till date 15 cases of angioleiomyoma of uterine corpus and 6 cases of uterine cervical angioleiomyoma have been described in literature. They are encapsulated, multiloculated and contains numerous vessels. The diagnosis of AL is dependent on histopathological reports. It is painful in over half of the cases. It should be considered in the differential diagnosis of painful nodular lesions of the extremity. Preoperative diagnosis is rarely possible. Increased awareness of this tumour and judicious use of ultrasound and/or MRI should help in most cases for diagnosis. It causes minimal morbidity, and excision is usually curative.
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