Misdiagnosed Rhabdomyosarcoma of the Vulva

An intrasellar rhabdomyosarcoma misdiagnosed as pituitary adenoma.

BACKGROUND Rhabdomyosarcoma is a malignant tumor of the skeletal muscle cells. Those tumors mainly affect children and arise in primitive fetal mesenchyme even at sites that do not contain skeletal muscle. However, very few intracranial rhabdomyosarcomas have been reported. No previous case of primary intrasellar rhabdomyosarcoma except for 1 case has been reported in the literature. CASE DES...

Fibroadenoma Of The Vulva: A Case Report

  Fibroadenoma of the vulva is an uncommon lesion. It has been suggested that they originate from vulvar mammary like other glands. A few examples of benign and malignant vulvar tumors arising from such glands have been reported. A 32-year-old woman was referred with a subcutaneous mass at the vulva. The patient treated by simple excisional surgery with adequate peripheral margin. Histologic...

Aggressive Angiomyxoma of the Vulva: A Case Report

Aggressive angiomyxoma (AA) is a slow growing soft tissue tumor that preferentially involves the vulval and perineal regions. It is characterized by frequent local recurrences but only two reports of metastasized cases have been reported so far. This is a case report of a 32-year-old woman referred with the complain of a painful mass in the right labia major since a few months ago. Gynecologic ...

Leiomyoma of the Vulva.

[Endometriosis of the vulva].

The greater labium is an uncommon site for endometriosis. Cases have been described by Palmer (I925), Henry (i927) and others. The lesion usually consists of a small red nodule painful during menstruation, slowly enlarging and consisting histologically of small blood filled cysts lined by columnar epithelium, in places forming typical endometrial glandular structures; the stroma consisting of f...