Vaginal osseous metaplasia.
BACKGROUND
Osseous metaplasia is an unusual event in the gynecologic organs. It has been reported mostly in the endometrium and rarely in the cervix.


METHODS
The authors describe a rare case of bone formation in vaginal mucosa of a 52-year-old woman with chronic pelvic pain and exteriorization of bone from vaginal introit.


CONCLUSIONS
To our knowledge, this finding has not been reported yet in the English medical literature.
Department of Surgery and Oncologic Surgeon, Dr Waldemar de Alcântara General Hospital, Member of International Gynecologic Cancer Society, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil. flandim@ibest.com.br
Fábio Machado
FM
Landim
José Marconi
JM
Tavares
Deborah Nunes
DN
de Melo Braga
Jose Erialdo
JE
da Silva
Joao Bosco Breckenfeld
JB
Bastos Filho
Roney Gonçalves Fechine
RG
Feitosa
D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy; D008679:Metaplasia; D008875:Middle Aged; D009999:Ossification, Heterotopic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014621:Vagina / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D014623:Vaginal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery