Angiomatoid giant cellular blue nevus of vaginal wall associated with pregnancy

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• 作者：Mubarak M Al-Shraim (1)
  
• 关键词：Cellular blue nevus ; vagina ; pregnancy ; melanocytes
• 刊名：Diagnostic Pathology
• 出版年：2011
• 出版时间：December 2011
• 年：2011
• 卷：6
• 期：1
• 全文大小：1156KB
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• 作者单位：Mubarak M Al-Shraim (1)
  
  1. Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, King Khalid University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
  

文摘

Background Blue nevi that arise from the Müllerian tract are rare melanocytic lesions. Several histopathologic variants of cellular blue nevi have been described. The angiomatoid variant is characterized by a vascular component, and is considered to be a rare variant. Few studies have explored the influence of pregnancy on melanocytic lesions. Case A 29-year-old woman was presented with a pigmented vaginal lesion that increased gradually during pregnancy. A full term gynecologic examination showed a tumor mass protruding into the vaginal canal. The mass was resected during cesarean-section under the clinical impression of vaginal hemangioma. Result Gross examination revealed a cystic mass measuring 6.0 × 4.3 × 3.5 cm, which was filled with dark friable material. Histologically, the mass showed a subepithelial cellular proliferation of heavily pigmented dendritic melanocytes with prominent vascular stroma. Cytologic pleomorphism, junctional activity, atypical mitosis, and necrosis were not found. The proliferation was immunoreactive for HMB-45, S-100 and melan-A, and non-immunoreactive for CD34, smooth muscle actin, and AE1/AE3. The MIB-1 proliferative index was less than 1%. The patient had a postoperative course without complication. Conclusions Angiomatoid giant cellular blue nevus arising from the vagina during pregnancy is extremely rare. The low proliferative index and absence of cytologic pleomorphism, or necrosis, supports a benign biological behavior. Clinical follow-up showed no evidence of recurrence at one year after the resection of the mass.