Clinical and pathological analysis of rare nonepithelial vulvar tumors
- VernacularTitle:非上皮来源外阴肿瘤的临床病理分析
- Author:
Huimei ZHOU
;
Jinghe LANG
;
Lan ZHU
;
Lina GUO
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Vulvar neoplasms;
Soft tissue neoplasms;
Hemangioma;
Leiomyosarcoma;
Syringoma
- From:
Chinese Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
2008;43(7):490-492
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To study the clinical presentation and pathological features of rare nonepithelial vulvar tumors. Methods The clinical data of 42 patients with nonepithelial vulvar tumors who were operated on during 1986 to 2007 in Peking Union Medical College Hospital were analyzed. Results The average age of 42 patients was 44. 1 years. There were 32 eases (76%) with a vulvar mass. Twenty one of these 42 patients (50%) complained of associated symptoms of itch and pain Surgical treatment was the chief treatment of nonepithelial vulvar tumors, which included local excision (40, 95%), simple vulvectomy ( 1,2% ) and radical vulveetomy ( 1,2% ). Among the pathological diagnoses after operation,the most common benign histological subtypes were hidradenoma and haemangioma, while the must common malignant histological subtypes were leiomyosarcoma and aggressive angiomyxoma. Conclusions Most of the nonepithelial vulvar tumors are mesenehymal tumors. The clinical presentation has no special characteristics. Diagnosis of nonepithelial vulvar tumors can be made based on histological inspection.Surgical treatment is the treatment of choice.
