Surgical treatment of a recurrent aggressive angiomyxoma: A case report and review of the literature

Abstract

Aggressive angiomyxoma (AAM) is a rare benign myxoid mesenchyme derived soft tissue tumor which occurs mainly in the female pelvis and perineum. Due to its rarity, we aimed to present a case where aggressive angiomyxoma relapsed after 5 years in pelvis of a 46 year old woman.

Keywords

• Aggressive angiomyxoma
• surgical treatment
• recurrent aggressive angiomyxoma

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