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Leiomyosarcoma of the vagina
Author(s) -
Miyakawa Isao,
Yasuda Hiroshi,
Taniyama Keiichi,
Mori Norimasa,
Uehara Yoshihide,
Sumiyoshi Akinobu
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
international journal of gynecology and obstetrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.895
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1879-3479
pISSN - 0020-7292
DOI - 10.1016/0020-7292(85)90107-9
Subject(s) - leiomyosarcoma , vagina , nodule (geology) , leiomyoma , medicine , anatomy , pathology , biology , paleontology
A 46‐year‐old woman, who had very interesting tumor of the vagina microscopically, was presented. The removed tumor (40 g) in the upper lateral wall of the vagina was composed of two nodules. The cut surface of one nodule (20 g) was separated into two parts and they were diagnosed as necrosis and borderline case of leiomyomata microscopically. The other nodule (20 g) was diagnosed as leiomyosarcoma with interlacing bundles of spindle‐shaped cells with large hyperchromatic, irregularly shaped nuclei and abundant mutases. These bindings suggest a possibility that leiomyoma of the vagina may undergo malignant change to become leiomyosarcoma.