title: Pleomorphic adenoma with a predominantly myoepithelial proliferation of the vagina.
abstract: A case of pleomorphic adenoma of the vagina in a 44-year-old woman was described. The tumor was a submucosal mass measuring 3.5 X 2 X 2 cm and located in the left lateral wall 1.5 cm inside the introitus. Histologically, it was predominantly composed of sheets and strands of spindle-shaped or polygonal cells focally dispersed in the myxoid tissue to form pseudomicrocysts. Ultrastructure demonstrated the basal lamina, desmosomes, variable amounts of filaments of both intermediate and microfilament, and occasionally microvilli in these tumor cells indicating that dominant cells were myoepithelial in nature. With immunohistochemical studies, keratin and cytokeratin were positive, whereas, S-100 protein, glial fibrillary acidic protein, vimentin, secretory component, and lysozyme were negative. The previously published cases were reviewed and compared with the present case.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D009373:Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal / Q000473:pathology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D014625:Vaginal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000648:ultrastructure