title: Fibroadenoma of the vulva. A report of two cases.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Vulvar fibroadenoma is a rare entity. It has been proposed that the tissue of origin is either ectopic breast tissue or vulvar mammarylike glands. Sporadic examples of benign and malignant vulvar tumors arising from such glands have been previously reported.
  
  
  METHODS
  We recently encountered two cases of vulvar fibroadenoma, one in a 29-year-old woman and one in a 42-year-old woman, with both neoplasms presenting clinically as vulvar cysts.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Fibroadenoma of the vulva is an uncommon lesion histologically similar to fibroadenoma of the breast. Clinicians need to be aware that the lesion can occur in this location.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-New Jersey Medical School, 185 South Orange Avenue, Newark, NJ 07103, USA. hellerds@umdnj.edu
authors.forename: Ada
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Baisre
authors.forename: Debra S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Heller
authors.forename: Jessie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Peishu
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zheng
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D018226:Fibroadenoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D014846:Vulvar Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery