B P International

Uterine leiomyomas are common and can affect up to 30% of women older than 35 years. Despite this, leiomyomas of the vulva are rare, masquerading and usually misdiagnosed as Bartholin cyst preoperatively. These smooth muscle tumors are typically painless, solitary and well circumscribed and can affect female of any age group. We present a case of a 46-year-old female that presented to the clinic with 2-year history of right labial mass and was diagnosed as Bartholin cyst initially. The patient underwent elective excision under spinal anaesthesia and the mass was removed. The final diagnosis after microscopy result showed benign vulvar leiomyoma. Author(s) Details Saad Kurdi King Abdulaziz Medical City (KAMC), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Abdullah S. Arafat King Abdulaziz Medical City (KAMC), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences (KSAU-HS), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Maysan Almegbel King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Scie...

Background: Men are known to have prostate glands but not women. The thought of prostate gland occurring in the female genital tract in women would be petrifying to all clinicians and people who are not aware of  its biological  behavior. Ectopic prostate in the uterine cervix (EPIUC) and the female genital tract (FGT) is very rare. Aim: To review the literature on EPIUC/FGT and to document its biological behavior. Methods: Information  obtained  from  17  references,  was  used to provide the  literature  review  on EPIUC/FGT. Results: Few cases of EPIUC/FGT have been reported at ages ranging between 21 and 82 years EPIUCs/FGTs  may  be  diagnosed  incidentally  in  biopsies  of  the  cervix/vagina/vulva,  or  in hysterectomy specimens or they may mimic leiomyomas. Histological examination of cervical biopsies or  of  the  cervix...