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Pathology of Angioleiomyoma

Dr Sampurna Roy MD                 2023

 

Dermatopathology Quiz Case: 154

Answer - Angioleiomyoma

 

 

 

Angioleiomyoma are common typically painful,benign neoplasm that originates from smooth muscle cells of arterial or venous walls and contains thick-walled vessels.

Site:  These are usually located in the subcutis and deep dermis of the extremities, particularly the lower leg.

Cases have been reported on the the head and upper trunk and these are often painless.

Cases have been reported at unusual sites:

i) Oral angioleiomyomas are usually located on the lip, palate, buccal mucosa and tongue, mandible, floor of mouth, and gingiva. 

ii) Tonsil  

iii) Auricle 

iv) Within the scrotum, structures such as the epididymis, spermatic cord, dartos fascia, and blood vessels could be sites of origin of angioleiomyoma.

Macroscopic features:  Presents as a slow growing , firm, gray white, round to oval nodules (usually less than 2cm in diameter).

Age: Usually occur in the fourth and sixth decade of life.

Microscopic features:  Image1 ; Image2 ; Image3 ; Image4 ; Image5

Well circumscribed and encapsulated tumour is usually noted in the lower dermis and subcutis.

There are interlacing bundles of smooth muscle fibres between vascular channels.

The vessel walls (veins) display layers of smooth muscle fibres.

These muscle fibres appear to merge peripherally into the intervascular muscle fibres.

These vessels may have slit-like or dilated lumen.

Degenerative changes may be present including vascular thrombosis, stromal hyalinization, myxoid changes, dystrophic calcification and nuclear atypia.

Adipocytes may be present in a few cases (also known as  angiomyolipoma, these are HMB45 negative unlike renal angiomyolipomas).

 

Variants of Angioleiomyomas:

1. Solid;   2. Cavernous;   3. Venous ;  4. Epithelioid ;  5.Pleomorphic

Immunohistochemistry: Indicates that the smooth muscle cells express vimentin, desmin and smooth muscle actin.

Note:  Angioleiomyoma is often associated with pain. Pain is probably mediated by nerves present in the tumour and in the capsule due to either mechanical stretching or through mast cell mediation.      

Other painful tumours of soft tissue and skin are glomus tumour, spiradenoma, angiolipoma and traumatic neuroma.

 

Further reading:

A case of angioleiomyoma in the buccal space.

Angioleiomyoma of the upper extremity.

Testicular angioleiomyoma presenting with haematospermia.

Case of rectal angioleiomyoma in a female patient.

Giant vascular leiomyoma with extensive calcification in the forearm.

Angioleiomyoma of the tongue.

Angioleiomyoma of the ciliary body: a case report.

Multiple uterine angioleiomyomas in a woman presenting with severe menorrhagia.

Palisaded angioleiomyoma.

Palatal angioleiomyoma. A clinical case.

Pleomorphic angioleiomyoma.Report of two cases with immunohistochemical studies.

 

                                                                                                                      

 

 

 

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Prof (Dr) Haradhan Roy MD (AIIMS)

(1928-2022)

(R) Director-Professor and Head of the Dept of Pathology,

Calcutta National Medical College,

Calcutta University

India

Dr Sampurna Roy  MD

Consultant  Histopathologist (Kolkata - India)


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