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Abstract
A CASE OF VAGINAL LEIOMYOMA
WITH ATYPICAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING FINDINGS
Motoki Nakamura, Mariko Hirayama, Yusuke Kobayashi,
Tadashi Yamaguchi, Kohei Mitsuhashi, Ryo Aoki, Shintaro Nawata,
Hiroyuki Kamide, Toshiaki Nishii, Zenjiro Sekikawa
Department of Diagnostic Radiology,
Citizen’s General Medical Center of Yokohama City University
Uterine leiomyomas are a common disease for women. However, leiomyomas originating from the vagina are
quite rare. A 43-year-old woman visited our hospital for detailed examination after a vaginal tumor was incidentally
detected on gynecologic cancer screening. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed a vaginal wall tumor showing
homogeneous mild high intensity on T2WI and intermediate intensity on T1WI, with mild high intensity on DWI,
with a slightly low ADC value. Since these signals are not typical for leiomyomas, and the location was also unusual,
it was difficult to diagnose the tumor as a leiomyoma. Surgical resection was performed, and pathological examination
showed that it was a leiomyoma of the vagina.
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