title: Translabial sonography of vaginal fibroids: report of 2 cases and review of the literature.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine the role of translabial sonography in the diagnosis of vaginal fibroids.
  
  
  METHODS
  Two women with vaginal masses of undetermined origin were examined by various imaging procedures, including translabial sonography.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Initial examinations, which included transabdominal sonography, cystoscopy, and cystourethrography, yielded inconclusive findings. Translabial sonography, however, suggested isolated vaginal leiomyomas in both patients, and in both the diagnosis was confirmed histologically after surgery.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Translabial sonography should be considered as an adjunct to transabdominal and transvaginal sonography for patients with suspected vaginal fibroids.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Vancouver General Hospital, British Columbia, Canada.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Torreggiani
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zwirewich
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Lyburn
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Harris
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Davis
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wilkie
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fenster
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Marchinkow
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007889:Leiomyoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000379:methods; D014522:Urethral Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014625:Vaginal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology