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Giant Angiomyxolipoma of the Scalp. Journal of Case Reports: Clinical & Medical. 2018; 1(3):122.
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Case Report
Gulsah Ozturk
*
, Gokalp Silav and Nezih Ozkan
Department Neurosurgery, Acibadem University Hospital, Turkey
Received Date: August 15, 2018
Accepted Date: October 08, 2018
Published Date: October 17, 2018
Angiomyxolipoma
AML
MRI
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Citation this article: Gulsah Ozturk,
Gokalp Silav and Nezih Ozkan.
Giant Angiomyxolipoma of the Scalp.
Journal of Case Reports: Clinical &
Medical. 2018; 1(3):122
Corresponding author: Gulsah
Ozturk, Department Neurosurgery,
Acibadem University Hospital,
Neurosurgery Halkali Istanbul,
Turkey, Tel: +905334179039; Email:
turksah@hotmail.com
ABSTRACT
Angiomyxolipoma (AML), is a rare lipoma variant with characteristic histopathological
and immuno-histochemical features . Here we present a case of angiomyxolipoma
appearing in the subcutaneous tissue of the scalp with the size of 9.0x3.0 cm. Review
of literature reveals 24 cases of AML with two cases of scalp lesion being reported up
to date. This is the first case study which has been demonstrated the rate of growing
size as 4,5 times in 18 months in this pathology.
INTRODUCTION
Vascular Myxolipoma is a very rare variant of lipoma that was firstly described in
1996 by Mai [1]. at the region of spermatic cord ¹. Since then, only 24 cases
reported so far in current literature in different sites (Table 1).
Case Reference Gender/Age(y) Location Duration Dimention(cm)
1 Mai et al. M/32 Spermatic cord 3 month 2.5
2 Zamecnik M/57 Scalp NS 1.5
3 Okafor et al. M/50 Back 3y 3.5
4 Sciot et al. F/60 Thigh 4 month 6.2
5 Tardio et al. M/66 Scalp NS 2.5
6 Lee et al. M/44 Forearm 7y 6
7 Lee et al. M/57 Wrist 2y 5
8 Sanchez et al. M/43 Subungual area 1y 0.6
9 Kang et al. M/38 Gluteal area 3y 2
10 Song et al. M/69 İliac crest 3y 2
11 Kim et al. M/9 suprapatellar 5y 8.5
12 Martinez-Mata et al. M/12 Buccal mucosa NS 6
13 Pukar et al. F/15 Colon 6 month 4
14 Bergin et al. F/51 Knee NS NS
15 Al Shraim et al. M/4 Plantar 8 month 2.5
16 Hantous-Zannad et
al.
F/49 Posterior
mediastinum
2y 6.5
17 Hammedi et al. M/50 Thigh 1y 10
18 Topak et al. M/17 Parapharyngeal
space
4y 5
19 Nair et al M/70 Oral cavity 1y 3,6
20 Cho et al. M/72 Spermatic cord 1 month 9.8
21 Bajpai et al M/51 Tongue NS NS
22 Traboulsi et al. M/43 Bilateral kidneys 1y 12
23 Al-Bdairat et al. F/78 Sub-Brow 4 month 3,5
24 Rhee et al. M/32 Thumb 7y 1
25 Present case M/33 Scalp 18 month 9
NS not specified
Giant Angiomyxolipoma of the Scalp
Table 1: Clinical features of reported cases of anjiomyxolipoma