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VOLUME 16 , ISSUE 5 ( September-October, 2024 ) > List of Articles

CASE REPORT

A Rare Case Report of Deep Aggressive Angiomyxoma Mimicking Bartholin's Cyst

Jijisha Ali, Josephine Jose, Sami Talo, Rida Maryum, Yevginiy Karamurzin

Keywords : Angiomyxoma, Bartholin's cyst, Case report, Recurrence, Vulval lesion

Citation Information : Ali J, Jose J, Talo S, Maryum R, Karamurzin Y. A Rare Case Report of Deep Aggressive Angiomyxoma Mimicking Bartholin's Cyst. J South Asian Feder Obs Gynae 2024; 16 (5):571-573.

DOI: 10.5005/jp-journals-10006-2467

License: CC BY-NC 4.0

Published Online: 23-10-2024

Copyright Statement:  Copyright © 2024; The Author(s).


Abstract

We present a case of deep aggressive angiomyxoma (AA) of a vulval lesion. This case report is of a 32-year-old female (para 1, living 1) who presented to the gynecological outpatient department with complaints of a lump felt in her left vagina for 1 month. This was initially misdiagnosed as a Bartholin gland cyst. She underwent excision of Bartholin's gland under anesthesia. The histopathology reported a deep AA of the vulval lesion. Despite the rarity of this condition, with only 350 cases reported so far, it is crucial to include it in the range of differential diagnoses for a pelvic mass, considering the locally aggressive characteristics of this tumor and its tendency to recur.


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