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Title: A RARE CASE OF POSTERIOR VAGINAL WALL ANGIOFIBROMA IN REPRODUCTIVE WOMAN
e-poster Number: EP 004
Category: Miscellaneous
Author Name: Dr. Aboli P. Thakare
Institute: Vedantaa institute of medical sciences Dahanu
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Abstract :
INTRODUCTION-ANGIOFIBROMA IS A BENIGN TUMOUR WHICH OCCURS IN GENITAL REGION IN BOTH GENDERS WHICH IS MOSTLY SEEN IN VULVA IN FEMALES AND IS RARELY SEEN IN VAGINA.IT WAS FIRST DESCRIBED IN 1997 IN VULVA IN MIDDLE AGED WOMAN.THE NAME CELLULAR ANGIOFIBROMA EMPHASIZED THE TWO PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS WHICH ARE CELLULAR SPINDLE CELL AND BLOOD VESSELS. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES-THE PURPOSE OF THIS CASE REPORT IS TO SHOW A UNIQUE LOCATION AND PRESENTATION OF CELLULAR ANGIOFIBROMA. METHODS-PRESENTING A CASE OF 24 YEAR OLD P1L1 WITH COMPLAINT OF SOMETHING COMING OUT OF VAGINA SINCE 4 MONTHS AND NO MENSTRUAL COMPLAINTS.ON CLINICAL EXAMINATION PATIENT WAS FOUND TO HAVE 3.2*2.5*2.2 CM VASCULAR MASS IN POSTERIOR VAGINAL WALL DISTINCT FROM CERVIX NEAR THE INTROITUS.ULTRASOUND REPORT SUGGESTIVE OF 3.2*2.5*2.2 CM HYPOECHOIC LESION WHICH SHOWS PERIPHERAL VASCULARITY SUGGESTS OF VAGINAL WALL FIBROID. EXCISION OF THE MASS FROM THE BASE WAS DONE UNDER SPINAL ANESTHESIA AND EXCISED MASS WAS SENT FOR HISTOPATHOLOGICAL EXAMINATION. RESULT-HISTOPATHOLOGY REPORT IS SUGGESTIVE OF BENIGN SPINDLE CELL TUMOUR POSSIBLY ANGIOFIBROMA OF POSTERIOR VAGINAL WALL. CONCLUSION-CELLULAR ANGIOFIBROMA ARE BENIGN TUMOURS THAT RARELY OCCUR IN VAGINA AND MOSTLY AFFECT MIDDLE AGED WOMAN BUT Can Also OCCUR IN YOUNG FEMALE.