title: Leiomyoma of the vagina.
abstract: A vaginal leiomyoma is normally a benign smooth muscle tumour in the vagina. These tumours are extremely rare and the aetiology is unknown. The imaging findings are those of a nonspecific well-defined enhancing soft tissue mass centred on the vagina. The lesion may be very large, but is usually under 6 cm in size. Patients are asymptomatic in the early stages. Symptoms arise with the growth of tumour mainly due to compression. Most leiomyomas are not diagnosed clinically but only on histological examination. A case of primary leiomyoma of vagina is presented here.
authors.affiliation: Combined Military Hospital, Rawalpindi, Pakistan. nazlihameed@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Nazli
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hameed
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D007889:Leiomyoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D010154:Pakistan; D018570:Risk Assessment; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014625:Vaginal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery