Colonic angiomyolipoma with a monotypic expression and a predominant epithelioid component

J Clin Pathol. 2005 Oct;58(10):1107-9. doi: 10.1136/jcp.2004.025130.

Abstract

Angiomyolipomas are rare lesions, often arising in the kidney, and are part of a group of tumours with a diverse appearance and evidence of dual melanocytic and smooth muscle differentiation known as PEComas (tumours of perivascular epithelioid cell origin). This report describes an unusual case of a colonic PEComa in a 40 year old woman. Unlike most of the previous colonic angiomyolipomas/PEComas reported in the literature, this case formed a large, mainly extrinsic mass and was monotypic, and composed entirely of the myomatous component with no adipose tissue or typical vasculature.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Angiomyolipoma / pathology
  • Angiomyolipoma / ultrastructure*
  • Cecal Neoplasms / pathology
  • Cecal Neoplasms / ultrastructure*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Neoplasm Invasiveness