International Journal of Research in Medical Sciences | January 2020 | Vol 8 | Issue 1 Page 367
International Journal of Research in Medical Sciences
Monteiro R et al. Int J Res Med Sci. 2020 Jan;8(1):367-370
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Case Report
Extrarenal angiomyolipoma in uterine cervix: rare presentation in
unusual site
Rashmi Monteiro
1
, Shikha Sharma
2
, Sonal Gupta
3
*, Indu Choudhary
1
INTRODUCTION
Angiomyolipoma is a benign neoplasm composed of
variable admixture of blood vessels, smooth muscle cells
and adipose tissue. It occurs most frequently in the
kidney where it is closely associated with tuberous
sclerosis and occasionally in extrarenal sites, most
commonly liver, but occurrence at other sites is
extremely rare.
1-3
Many cases of extra-renal
angiomyolipoma have been reported in various organs
like the liver, pelvic region, retroperitoneum (not
connected to kidney), uterus, somatic soft tissue, large
bowel, nasal cavity and bone. Few cases of extra-renal
angiomyolipoma have been reported in the female genital
tract among which uterus is the most common site.
Cervical angiomyolipoma without concurrent incidence
in the kidney is extremely rare and only four cases of
angiomyolipoma in cervix have been reported in the
literature till date.
4
Herein author report a case of angiomyolipoma,
occurring in uterine cervix in a 43 years old female.
CASE REPORT
A 43 years old female presented with complaints of mass
descending per vagina for 6 months in the gynaecology
OPD. The patient was P2L2, sterilized, last childbirth was
1
Department of Pathology, Pacific Medical College and Hospital, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India
2
Department of Pathology, NC Medical College and Hospital, Panipat, Haryana, India
3
Department of Pathology, NM Medical, Khar, Mumbai, India
Received: 20 October 2019
Revised: 15 November 2019
Accepted: 20 November 2019
*Correspondence:
Dr. Sonal Gupta,
E-mail: sonalomprakashgupta@gmail.com
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ABSTRACT
Angiomyolipoma is a benign neoplasm composed of variable admixture of blood vessels, smooth muscle cells and
adipose tissue. Cervical angiomyolipoma are extremely rare and to the best of our knowledge only five cases of
angiomyolipoma in cervix have been reported in the literature till date. Authors are presenting a case of
angiomyolipoma arising from the uterine cervix. 43 years old female presented with mass descending per vagina for 6
months. This case had no association with tuberous sclerosis. Microscopic examination showed an ill-defined
polypoidal, non-encapsulated lesion covered by keratinized stratified epithelium. The lesion is made up of three
components, predominantly by fascicles of spindle shaped cells, varying sized blood vessels and multiple foci of
mature adipocytes with no evidence of atypia or increased mitotic activity. Smooth muscle component showed strong
immunoreactivity to SMA and absence of elastic fibres in the blood vessels were confirmed by histochemistry. Non-
vascular smooth muscle cells were negative for HMB-45 in contrast to renal and other extra-renal angiomyolipoma in
which HMB-45 immunoreactivity in seen in these cells. To conclude, the differential diagnosis of lower abdominal
mass and dysfunctional uterine bleeding should include the angiomyolipoma, even though the uterine cervix is an
extremely rare location where they occur.
Keywords: Angiomyolipoma, Female genital tract, Histochemistry, Immunohistochemistry
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18203/2320-6012.ijrms20195936