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Indian Journal of Pathology: Research and Practice

Volume  5, Issue 3, Sept - Dec 2016, Pages 409-411
 

Case Report

Leiomyoma of Vulva

Ramesh Babu Chidambaram*, K. Rama**

*Postgraduate, Institute of Pathology, Madras Medical College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu. **Professor, Department of Pathology, Kasturba Hospital, Madras Medical College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu.

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DOI: DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21088/ijprp.2278.148X.5316.30

Abstract

 Leiomyoma is a benign soft tissue tumor that arises from the smooth muscle, commonly occurs in Uterine Myometrium. Extrauterine Leiomyoma are rare. Smooth muscle tumors may arise from the erector pili muscle, the erectile tissue, insertion of the round ligaments and are usually well circumscribed .Vulval Leiomyomas are rare in occurrence with as few as 300 cases reported in the literature. In our institution this is the first case of Vulval Leiomyoma among the 37 Extrauterine Leiomyoma during January 2013 to june 2016. Hence we report a case of Vulval Leiomyoma,clinically diagnosed as Bartholins cyst .

Keywords: Vulval Leiomyoma; Extrauterine Leiomyoma; Leiomyoma.


Corresponding Author : Ramesh Babu Chidambaram*