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Published in: Virchows Archiv 5/2009

01-05-2009 | Case Report

Leiomyomatous nodules in a cellular angiofibroma: a hitherto unreported finding

Author: Juan C. Tardío

Published in: Virchows Archiv | Issue 5/2009

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Abstract

Cellular angiofibroma is a benign tumor of the superficial soft tissues of the vulvovaginal and inguinoscrotal regions of adult patients. Histologically, it is characterized by bland spindle cells arranged without any pattern in a stroma with thin collagen fibrils and evenly distributed small- to medium-sized blood vessels with hyalinized walls. The case of a 44-year-old female with a perineal cellular angiofibroma containing small leiomyomatous nodules is described in this case report. These nodules could probably be originated from smooth muscle differentiation of the spindle cell component of an otherwise conventional cellular angiofibroma. To our knowledge, the finding of distinct leiomyomatous nodules within a cellular angiofibroma has not been previously reported.
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Metadata
Title
Leiomyomatous nodules in a cellular angiofibroma: a hitherto unreported finding
Author
Juan C. Tardío
Publication date
01-05-2009
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Virchows Archiv / Issue 5/2009
Print ISSN: 0945-6317
Electronic ISSN: 1432-2307
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00428-009-0756-4

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