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Leiomyosarcoma of the Vulva Mimicking as Chronic Bartholin Cyst: A Case Report

Smooth muscle neoplasms of the vulva are rare, and when localized in the Bartholin’s gland, it can be mistaken as a benign lesion leading to a delay in diagnosis. We report a case of leiomyosarcoma of the Bartholin’s gland in a 63-year-old postmenopausal woman, which clinically mimicked a chronic Ba...

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Autores principales: Saquib, Shabnam, Cherawala, Masuma, Abdel Rahman, Omyma, Keloth, Tasnim EV
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: OMJ 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7391323/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32760601
http://dx.doi.org/10.5001/omj.2020.74
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author Saquib, Shabnam
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Keloth, Tasnim EV
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description Smooth muscle neoplasms of the vulva are rare, and when localized in the Bartholin’s gland, it can be mistaken as a benign lesion leading to a delay in diagnosis. We report a case of leiomyosarcoma of the Bartholin’s gland in a 63-year-old postmenopausal woman, which clinically mimicked a chronic Bartholin’s gland cyst. This case report emphasizes the importance of suspecting malignancy in any vulvar lesion in women of postmenopausal age, despite its location and asymptomatic appearance. A prompt, careful evaluation with adequate clinical judgment will help to manage such cases efficiently.
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spelling pubmed-73913232020-08-04 Leiomyosarcoma of the Vulva Mimicking as Chronic Bartholin Cyst: A Case Report Saquib, Shabnam Cherawala, Masuma Abdel Rahman, Omyma Keloth, Tasnim EV Oman Med J Case Report Smooth muscle neoplasms of the vulva are rare, and when localized in the Bartholin’s gland, it can be mistaken as a benign lesion leading to a delay in diagnosis. We report a case of leiomyosarcoma of the Bartholin’s gland in a 63-year-old postmenopausal woman, which clinically mimicked a chronic Bartholin’s gland cyst. This case report emphasizes the importance of suspecting malignancy in any vulvar lesion in women of postmenopausal age, despite its location and asymptomatic appearance. A prompt, careful evaluation with adequate clinical judgment will help to manage such cases efficiently. OMJ 2020-07-29 /pmc/articles/PMC7391323/ /pubmed/32760601 http://dx.doi.org/10.5001/omj.2020.74 Text en The OMJ is Published Bimonthly and Copyrighted 2020 by the OMSB. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial (CC BY-NC) 4.0 License. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
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Leiomyosarcoma of the Vulva Mimicking as Chronic Bartholin Cyst: A Case Report
title Leiomyosarcoma of the Vulva Mimicking as Chronic Bartholin Cyst: A Case Report
title_full Leiomyosarcoma of the Vulva Mimicking as Chronic Bartholin Cyst: A Case Report
title_fullStr Leiomyosarcoma of the Vulva Mimicking as Chronic Bartholin Cyst: A Case Report
title_full_unstemmed Leiomyosarcoma of the Vulva Mimicking as Chronic Bartholin Cyst: A Case Report
title_short Leiomyosarcoma of the Vulva Mimicking as Chronic Bartholin Cyst: A Case Report
title_sort leiomyosarcoma of the vulva mimicking as chronic bartholin cyst: a case report
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7391323/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32760601
http://dx.doi.org/10.5001/omj.2020.74
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