Angiomyxolipoma of transverse colon - A case report

Angiomyolipoma of colon: unusual presentation

“…In our review of the literature, there have been only eight reported cases of AML of the colon. [5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12] Although there is a female predominance noted in renal AML, all of the reported colonic AML patients were middle-aged men, our patient was an elderly gentleman. Although renal AML is often associated with tuberous sclerosis, in none of the reported cases of colonic AML including ours tuberous sclerosis was noted.…”

Angiomyxolipoma of the right sub-brow: Case report with review of the literature

“…First description of a case [2] was in a man with testicular swelling that later proved to be spermatic cord tumor. The tumor consisted of proliferating mature adipocytes associated with a myxoid stroma and numerous blood vessels [2] , [3] , [4] , [5] , [6] , [7] , [8] , [9] , [10] , [11] , [12] , [13] , [14] , [15] . After this first case, 19 others were reported in different sites [2] , [3] , [4] , [5] , [6] , [7] , [8] , [9] , [10] , [11] , [12] , [13] , [14] , [15] , [16] .…”

“…Histology confirmed the diagnosis in our case. Lipomas contain fat cells, while subtypes such as angiolipoma, angiomyolipoma, leiomyolipoma, osteolipoma and chondrolipoma contain other types of mesenchymal tissue [12] , [13] , [15] .…”