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Penile Myointimoma

MedGen UID:
1694877
•Concept ID:
C5206672
•
Neoplastic Process
Synonym: Myointimoma
SNOMED CT: Myointimoma (788741008)

Definition

A rare benign mesenchymal neoplasm that occurs in the glans and corpora of the penis. It is characterized by the proliferation of spindle-shaped myofibroblasts in the intravascular spaces. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVPenile Myointimoma

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Penile Myointimoma: A Clinicopathologic Study of 4 Tumors.
Casa D, Wang L, Tretiakova M, Cibull T, Pease G
Int J Surg Pathol 2023 Aug;31(5):675-679. Epub 2022 Aug 9 doi: 10.1177/10668969221117236. PMID: 35946081
Myointimoma (angiocentric myofibroblastic tumor) of the glans penis in an adolescent: a case report and review of the literature.
Drlík M, Gregová M, Sedláček J, Kočvara R
BMC Urol 2022 Nov 16;22(1):186. doi: 10.1186/s12894-022-01131-3. PMID: 36384507Free PMC Article

Diagnosis

Penile Myointimoma: A Clinicopathologic Study of 4 Tumors.
Casa D, Wang L, Tretiakova M, Cibull T, Pease G
Int J Surg Pathol 2023 Aug;31(5):675-679. Epub 2022 Aug 9 doi: 10.1177/10668969221117236. PMID: 35946081
Myointimoma (angiocentric myofibroblastic tumor) of the glans penis in an adolescent: a case report and review of the literature.
Drlík M, Gregová M, Sedláček J, Kočvara R
BMC Urol 2022 Nov 16;22(1):186. doi: 10.1186/s12894-022-01131-3. PMID: 36384507Free PMC Article

Prognosis

Penile myointimoma in children and adolescents: a clinicopathologic study of 5 cases supporting a distinct entity.
McKenney JK, Collins MH, Carretero AP, Boyd TK, Redman JF, Parham DM
Am J Surg Pathol 2007 Oct;31(10):1622-6. doi: 10.1097/PAS.0b013e31804ea443. PMID: 17895766

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