Vulvar leiomyoma: a case report

Leiomyomas represent about 3.8% of all benign soft tissue tumors. Vulvar localization is very rare. We present a case of a vulvar leiomyoma and discuss diagnostic and therapeutic features of this disease. A 30-year-old female patient with no medical history, had a 5cm mass located in the left large...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Pan African medical journal 2019, Vol.32 (208), p.208
Hauptverfasser: Ammouri, Safaa, Elkarkri, Chourouk, Zeraidi, Najia, Lakhdar, Amina, Baydada, Abdelaziz
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Zusammenfassung:Leiomyomas represent about 3.8% of all benign soft tissue tumors. Vulvar localization is very rare. We present a case of a vulvar leiomyoma and discuss diagnostic and therapeutic features of this disease. A 30-year-old female patient with no medical history, had a 5cm mass located in the left large lip causing a discomfort at the perineum especially in sitting and walking. She underwent a complete surgical excision of the mass. The pathological examination confirmed the diagnosis of a leiomyoma. There was no recurrence after 24-months' follow-up. The vulvar leiomyoma is a rare benign tumor. The diagnosis is made only postoperatively after resection of the mass. The treatment is essentially based on total excision of the mass with a good prognosis.
ISSN:1937-8688
1937-8688
DOI:10.11604/pamj.2019.32.208.18480