title: Vaginal myxoma presenting as acute urinary retention.
abstract: Vaginal myxoma is an extremely rare tumor. We report a case in which the initial complaint was acute urinary retention. The tumor had grown quite rapidly over a 4-month period. It was resected easily and did not recur over the next 5 years.
authors.affiliation: Saint Francis Medical Center, Peoria, Illinois.
authors.forename: C C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Egley
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Fox
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009232:Myxoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D013997:Time Factors; D014555:Urination Disorders / Q000209:etiology*; D014625:Vaginal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery