title: [Tubulo-squamous polyp of the vagina].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To decribe a case of rare type of vaginal polyp.
  
  
  METHODS
  Case report.
  
  
  METHODS
  Department of Pathological Anatomy, Regional hospital Nachod.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Tubulo-squamous polyp is rare type of vaginal polyp first described in 2007, with only up to 20 cases have been reported in the literature so far. It affects mostly postmenopausal women and presents as a polypoid mass occurring in the upper part of vagina. Histologically, it is composed of squamous and glandular component within fibrous stroma. The etiopathogenesis of this lesion remains unclear, but it may arise from mesonephric remnants or Skene glands (so-called female prostate). This theory is supported by the fact that some cases show expression of prostate specific acid phosphatase (PSAP) and/or prostate specific antigen (PSA).
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Petrová
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Laco
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Červíček
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tomšová
mesh_terms: D000135:Acid Phosphatase / Q000378:metabolism; D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D018193:Neoplasms, Complex and Mixed / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D011127:Polyps / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D017430:Prostate-Specific Antigen / Q000378:metabolism; D014625:Vaginal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D000135:Acid Phosphatase; C428439:prostatic acid phosphatase; D017430:Prostate-Specific Antigen
keywords: Skene glands.; tubulo-squamous polyp; vagina