ABSTRACT
A 55 year old male, who presented with a painless swelling of six months duration on his thigh, was clinically diagnosed to have a benign soft tissue neoplasm. Histological examination of the excision biopsy specimen revealed a benign tumour of the vascular smooth muscle, which was diagnosed as angioleiomyoma. Angioleiomyomas are painful lesions that can occur anywhere in the body. We present this case for its atypical clinical presentation and discuss its histologic features with a review of literature.
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Angiomyoma/pathology , Biopsy , Diagnosis, Differential , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Thigh/pathologyABSTRACT
Lipoma primary to uterus is a rare entity among uterine fatty tumors. These create preoperative diagnostic confusion and their histogenesis is still unclear. Only a few cases of pure lipoma of uterus have been reported in the last few decades. A case of isolated pure lipoma primary to uterus diagnosed postoperatively by pathological examination is presented.
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Female , Humans , Lipoma/diagnosis , Middle Aged , Postmenopause , Uterine Neoplasms/diagnosis , Uterus/pathologyABSTRACT
Placental teratoma, with less than 20 cases reported in the world literature is a rare primary nontrophoblastic tumour. The exact histogenesis is still controversial, with some regarding it as a true neoplasm, while others consider it as an extreme form of fetus amorphous. Whatever its histogenesis, it is invariably benign and causes no adverse effects on the fetus or the outcome of the gestation. This case is being presented for its rarity, with a review of literature.
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Adolescent , Female , Humans , Placenta/pathology , Pregnancy , Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic/pathology , Teratoma/pathology , Uterine Neoplasms/pathologyABSTRACT
Isolated parotid gland tuberculosis in the clinical absence of tuberculosis elsewhere in the body, is a rare clinical entity. It is often misdiagnosed as parotid gland tumour in the absence of symptoms suggestive of tuberculosis. We are presenting this case to highlight the unusual solitary nature of the lesion, the absence of any other tuberculous focus in the body, the inconclusive findings of the pre-operative investigations like fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC), and computed tomography (CT), and the need for histopathology for definitive diagnosis.