title: The relationship of the in-situ advancing vaginal wall sling to vaginal epithelial inclusion cyst.
abstract: Epithelial inclusion cyst is an under recognized complication of the in-situ advancing vaginal wall sling. A 63-year-old woman with stage I pelvic organ prolapse and mixed incontinence underwent in-situ sling placement in November 1997. In February 1998 she presented with a painful recurrent inflammatory anterior vaginal wall mass. The mass was cystic and drained spontaneously four times over the period of conservative management. The patient underwent resection of a clinical and pathological vaginal epithelial inclusion cyst in September 1998. At 6-month follow-up the patient remains continent and the cyst has not reformed. The vaginal surgeon should be aware of the potential for epithelial inclusion cyst formation after in-situ sling placement, and actively search for them at postoperative examination.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma, WA 98431, USA.
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Woodman
authors.forename: G D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Davis
mesh_terms: D003560:Cysts / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D004848:Epithelium / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D012086:Reoperation; D014549:Urinary Incontinence / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014596:Uterine Prolapse / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D014621:Vagina / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*