Medicina (Jul 2019)

Vaginal Schwannoma

  • Joana Aidos,
  • Sónia Gonçalves,
  • Joana Raposo,
  • Teresa Carvalho,
  • Nuno Nogueira Martins,
  • Francisco Nogueira Martins

DOI
https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2176-7262.v52i2p156-159
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 52, no. 2

Abstract

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Schwannomas of the female genital tract are extremely uncommon. They are usually benign, and simple excision is the adequate treatment. The case of a 57-year-old woman with a cellular schwannoma of the vagina is described, in addition to a summarized literature review of schwannomas in the female genital tract. Complete excision was performed, and the histological report confirmed to be a vaginal schwannoma. Due to its possibility to occur, even if in a very low incidence scenario, schwannomas should not be excluded from the differential diagnosis of a vaginal mass.

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