An unusual presentation of vaginal leiomyoma
Leiomyomas are classified as benign mesenchymal neoplasms and consist of smooth muscle cells with variable amounts of fibrous stroma. The tumors occur most frequently in the uterus, affecting 20%–30% of women of reproductive age, but vaginal leiomyomas are rare with only around 300 cases reported si...
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| author | Rahul R. Patil Nikita R. Vijay Sulbha Joshi |
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| description | Leiomyomas are classified as benign mesenchymal neoplasms and consist of smooth muscle cells with variable amounts of fibrous stroma. The tumors occur most frequently in the uterus, affecting 20%–30% of women of reproductive age, but vaginal leiomyomas are rare with only around 300 cases reported since the first case was described in 1733. These tumors are thought to arise from Müllerian smooth muscle cells in the subepithelium of the vagina. Here, we present a case of vaginal leiomyoma who presented as left vaginal wall mass. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1ee18eea1cde4db8aa83af78ed302af22022-12-22T01:37:14ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsJournal of Mid-Life Health0976-78000976-78192019-01-0110420420510.4103/jmh.JMH_40_19An unusual presentation of vaginal leiomyomaRahul R. PatilNikita R. VijaySulbha JoshiLeiomyomas are classified as benign mesenchymal neoplasms and consist of smooth muscle cells with variable amounts of fibrous stroma. The tumors occur most frequently in the uterus, affecting 20%–30% of women of reproductive age, but vaginal leiomyomas are rare with only around 300 cases reported since the first case was described in 1733. These tumors are thought to arise from Müllerian smooth muscle cells in the subepithelium of the vagina. Here, we present a case of vaginal leiomyoma who presented as left vaginal wall mass.http://www.jmidlifehealth.org/article.asp?issn=0976-7800;year=2019;volume=10;issue=4;spage=204;epage=205;aulast=Patilenucleationleiomyomamass |
| spellingShingle | Rahul R. Patil Nikita R. Vijay Sulbha Joshi An unusual presentation of vaginal leiomyoma Journal of Mid-Life Health enucleation leiomyoma mass |
| title | An unusual presentation of vaginal leiomyoma |
| title_full | An unusual presentation of vaginal leiomyoma |
| title_fullStr | An unusual presentation of vaginal leiomyoma |
| title_full_unstemmed | An unusual presentation of vaginal leiomyoma |
| title_short | An unusual presentation of vaginal leiomyoma |
| title_sort | unusual presentation of vaginal leiomyoma |
| topic | enucleation leiomyoma mass |
| url | http://www.jmidlifehealth.org/article.asp?issn=0976-7800;year=2019;volume=10;issue=4;spage=204;epage=205;aulast=Patil |
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