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Levent Sarikcioglu1, Bahadir Murat Demirel, Umut Ozsoy
1Department of Anatomy, Akdeniz University, Faculty of Medicine, 07070 Antalya-Turkey. sarikcioglu@akdeniz.edu.tr
Abstract:
During dissection of the retropubic region of a 55-year-old female cadaver, we encountered an angiolipoma located inside the obturator canal which was connected to the wall of the urinary bladder by a fibrous cord. The angiolipoma was supplied by a branch originating from the umbilical artery. Microscopically the benign soft tissue tumor was characterized by lobules of mature adipocytes and densely distributed networks of small and larger blood vessels, thus resembling typical histological features of an angiolipoma. Both the uncommon location of the angiolipoma and the abnormal branch of the umbilical artery entering the obturator canal should be taken into account during surgical procedures in this region, such as for orthopedic pelvic procedures, hernia repair or bladder/urethra-related interventions (e.g. transobturator tape, tension-free vaginal tape, colposuspension).
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