Vaginal leiomyoma presenting as a lateral vaginal wall mass

dc.contributor.authorWethmar, Conrad Johannes
dc.contributor.authorMouton, Arnold D.
dc.contributor.authorDreyer, Greta
dc.date.accessioned2018-02-16T08:05:36Z
dc.date.available2018-02-16T08:05:36Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.description.abstractLeiomyomas are classified as benign mesenchymal neoplasms and consist of smooth muscle cells with variable amounts of fibrous stroma. The tumours occur most frequently in the uterus, affecting 20–30% of women of reproductive age but vaginal leiomyomas are rare with only around 300 cases reported since the first case was described in 1733. These tumours are thought to arise from Müllerian smooth muscle cells in the sub-epithelium of the vagina. Vaginal leiomyomas are usually situated in the anterior vaginal wall. This article reports a case of primary leiomyoma arising from the left lateral vaginal wall, which presented with vaginal discharge and a lateral vaginal wall mass.en_ZA
dc.description.departmentObstetrics and Gynaecologyen_ZA
dc.description.librarianam2018en_ZA
dc.description.urihttp://www.sajgo.co.za/index.php/sajgoen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationWethmar, C.J., Mouton, A.D. & Dreyer, G. 2017, 'Vaginal leiomyoma presenting as a lateral vaginal wall mass', South African Journal of Gynaecological Oncology, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 16-18.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn2074-2835 (print)
dc.identifier.issn2220-105X (online)
dc.identifier.other10.1080/20742835.2017.1314630
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/64002
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherMedpharm Publicationsen_ZA
dc.rights© 2017 The Author(s) Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons License [CC BY-NC 3.0].en_ZA
dc.subjectLeiomyomasen_ZA
dc.subjectFibrous stromaen_ZA
dc.subjectUterusen_ZA
dc.subjectWomenen_ZA
dc.titleVaginal leiomyoma presenting as a lateral vaginal wall massen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA

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