Paratesticular angioleiomyoma with cytological atypia

Abstract

Angioleiomyomas are common benign smooth muscle neoplasms in the dermis and subcutaneous tissue of limbs. Very rarely have they been described in the external male genitalia with only two cases in the paratesticular tissues and another intratesticular. We report a case of a paratesticular angioleiomyoma with cytological atypia and a peculiar vascular pattern, found incidentally as a painless nodule in a 75-year-old man. The main clinicopathological features together with the differential diagnoses and the pertinent published reports are reviewed.

A Giant Uterine Vascular Leiomyomatosis; A Rare Cause of Menometrorrhagia

“…Angioleiomyomas are very rarely observed, generally asymptomatic and slow growing benign tumours. 4 These tumors can develop from any organ possessing smooth muscle tissue. The etiology of angioleiomyoma is still unclear.…”

Paratestiküler Vasküler Leiomyom (Anjioleiomyom) Olgu Sunumu

“…Anjioleiomyomlar çok nadir gözlenen, genellikle asemptomatik ve yavaş büyüyen benign tümörlerdir (5). Bu tümörler düz kas dokusu içeren her organdan gelişebilmektedir.…”

Imaging Features of Paratesticular Masses

“…An angioleiomyoma of the paratesticular area is extremely rare, with only a few case reports in the literature …”

“…An angioleiomyoma of the paratesticular area is extremely rare, with only a few case reports in the literature. 19,20 Pathologically, the lesion has been reported as a circumscribed mass with a smooth muscle capsule, edematous stroma, small vessels, and numerous cystically dilated ectatic vessels. 19 On sonography, angioleiomyomas are solid welldefined tumors with low echogenicity (Figure 7).…”