Abstract
Aggressive angiomyxomas are rare, locally invasive mesenchymal tumours, usually occurring in the pelvis or perineum of young women. They can be locally aggressive and have high risk of local relapse. The authors present a case of a postmenopausal woman with a five-year, slow growing, large, pedunculated mass on the right labia majora. Histological exam after surgical excision concluded it was an aggressive angiomyxoma. There was no local relapse after two years of follow-up.
Keywords: Aggressive angiomyxoma, vulvar, genital, menopause.
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José Pedro Coutinho Borges
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DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.18535/jmscr/v5i11.137
