[Invasive angiomyxoma].

Prog Urol

Service d'Urologie, Hôpital de Belfort-Montbéliard, Site de Montbéliard, 25209 Montbéliard, France.

Published: April 2003

Invasive angiomyxoma is a rare mesenchymal tumour predominantly affecting women and essentially involving the pelvis, perineum and inguinal region. It is essentially characterized by a high local recurrence rate. Treatment of these recurrences is almost exclusively surgical and is not always easy to perform. Other treatment modalities have been proposed (radiotherapy, endocrine therapy) with encouraging preliminary results. The authors report the case of a patient presenting with a recurrence at 9 months, treated by surgery and preoperative embolization. No disease progression was observed at the various follow-up CT examinations 9 months after the operation. Along with most other authors, they believe that surgery is still the standard treatment for these recurrences, but this attitude may need to be revised with the appearance of new treatment modalities.

Download full-text PDF

Source

Publication Analysis

Top Keywords

treatment recurrences
8
treatment modalities
8
[invasive angiomyxoma]
4
angiomyxoma] invasive
4
invasive angiomyxoma
4
angiomyxoma rare
4
rare mesenchymal
4
mesenchymal tumour
4
tumour women
4
women essentially
4

Similar Publications

Want AI Summaries of new PubMed Abstracts delivered to your In-box?

Enter search terms and have AI summaries delivered each week - change queries or unsubscribe any time!