Open AccessAn unusual presentation of vaginal leiomyoma
Author(s) -
R. N. Patil,
Nikita R Vijay,
Sulbha Joshi
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of mid-life health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.423
H-Index - 11
eISSN - 0976-7819
pISSN - 0976-7800
DOI - 10.4103/jmh.jmh_40_19
Subject(s) - vagina , leiomyoma , smooth muscle tumor , smooth muscle , uterus , presentation (obstetrics) , medicine , stroma , gynecology , anatomy , pathology , radiology , endocrinology , immunohistochemistry
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.