title: [Clinical analysis of 25 cases of leiomyoma of the vagina].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study the histologic source, clinical features and treatment methods of leiomyoma of the vagina.
  
  
  METHODS
  From January of 1988 to January of 1999, 25 patients with leiomyoma of the vagina were retrospectively analyzed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The clinical features of leiomyoma of the vagina were slow in growth and solitary in number. Leiomyoma of the vagina can be recurrence and sarcomatous change. The symptoms of leiomyoma of the vagina depended on the size and location of the leiomyoma. Treatment consisted of surgical excision by vagina.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Leiomyoma of the vagina is a rare condition. Whenever such a tumor is detected, it has to be removed immediately to prevent further growing and sarcomatous change in the future.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Affiliated Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital, Faculaty of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310006, China.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Qian
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007889:Leiomyoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014625:Vaginal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery