title: Incidental diagnosis of vaginal schwannoma in a patient with thigh pain.
abstract: Schwannoma commonly arises from Schwann cells of the neural sheath, and is rare in the groin region. Here, we describe a vaginal schwannoma incidentally detected by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in a patient with thigh pain. A 43-year-old woman presented with thigh pain with burning and tingling sensations in the medial aspect of her left thigh. MRI revealed a mass lesion of heterogeneous intensity 5.2 × 5.7 cm in the left vaginal wall. The mass was resected and histology revealed schwannoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Dong-A University College of Medicine, Busan, Korea.
authors.forename: Jung-Woo
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Park
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Inha University College of Medicine, Incheon, Korea.
authors.forename: Sung Ook
authors.initials: SO
authors.lastname: Hwang
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Inha University College of Medicine, Incheon, Korea.
authors.forename: Suk-Jin
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Inha University College of Medicine, Incheon, Korea.
authors.forename: Byoung Ick
authors.initials: BI
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Inha University College of Medicine, Incheon, Korea.
authors.forename: Jee Hyun
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Park
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Inha University College of Medicine, Incheon, Korea.
authors.forename: Eunseop
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Song
keywords: Magnetic resonance imaging; Schwannoma; Vaginal neoplasm