| Literature DB >> 9119105 |
O Cobanoğlu1, C Gürkan Zorlu, Y Ergun, L Kutluay.
Abstract
Vaginal leiomyoma is uncommon and borderline leiomyoma of the vagina is an extreme rarity. Leiomyoma of the vagina may undergo malignant change to become borderline malignancy or leiomyosarcoma. A 38-year-old woman, complaining of foul vaginal discharge and dyspareunia with 2 months duration, underwent total excision of tumor. The removed tumor was diagnosed as borderline case of leiomyoma histologically. Unfortunately, she had tumor recurrence within 4 months. Thus, it was more likely that the primary diagnosis was incorrect and that the diagnosis leiomyosarcoma has been missed. She underwent total abdominal hysterectomy, bilateral salphingo-oophorectomy and total vaginectomy. The final diagnosis was leiomyosarcoma. Three months later tumor recurred again and re-excision followed by chemotherapy was performed. However, she died of her disease on her 5th month following three courses of chemotherapy.Entities:
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Year: 1996 PMID: 9119105 DOI: 10.1016/s0301-2115(95)02554-5
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol ISSN: 0301-2115 Impact factor: 2.435