Incidental diagnosis of vaginal schwannoma in a patient with thigh pain.

Author: Jung Woo PARK ¹ ; Sung Ook HWANG ; Suk Jin CHOI ; Byoung Ick LEE ; Jee Hyun PARK ; Eunseop SONG
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1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Dong-A University College of Medicine, Busan, Korea.
Publication Type:Case Report
Keywords: Magnetic resonance imaging; Schwannoma; Vaginal neoplasm
MeSH: Adult; Burns; Diagnosis*; Female; Groin; Humans; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Neurilemmoma*; Schwann Cells; Sensation; Thigh*; Vaginal Neoplasms
From:Obstetrics & Gynecology Science 2014;57(1):86-88
CountryRepublic of Korea
Language:English
Abstract: Schwannoma commonly arises from Schwann cells of the neural sheath, and is rare in the groin region. Here, we describe a vaginal schwannoma incidentally detected by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in a patient with thigh pain. A 43-year-old woman presented with thigh pain with burning and tingling sensations in the medial aspect of her left thigh. MRI revealed a mass lesion of heterogeneous intensity 5.2 x 5.7 cm in the left vaginal wall. The mass was resected and histology revealed schwannoma.