title: Needle aspiration biopsy of vulvar endometriosis. A case report.
abstract: Vulvar involvement by endometriosis is extremely rare. A patient presented with a vulvar tumor and was diagnosed on needle aspiration biopsy and subsequently on histopathology as having endometriosis of the vulva. The treatment offered was conservative, local excision of the tumor. The patient was well and free of complaints when last seen in the Outpatient Department, at six months of follow-up. Needle aspiration biopsy as a diagnostic tool in vulvar tumors and the histogenesis of the endometriosis are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Nagasaki University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mahmud
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kusuda
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ichinose
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Gyotoku
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nakajima
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ishimaru
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamabe
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D004715:Endometriosis / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D014846:Vulvar Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*