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Case Reports
. 2017 Aug;39(8):433-435.
doi: 10.1055/s-0037-1604178. Epub 2017 Aug 7.

Differential Diagnosis between Bartholin Cyst and Vulvar Leiomyoma: Case Report

Kelly Alessandra da Silva Tavares  1 , Thomas Moscovitz  1 , Marcos Tcherniakovsky  1 , Luciano de Melo Pompei  1 , César Eduardo Fernandes  1
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Case Reports

Differential Diagnosis between Bartholin Cyst and Vulvar Leiomyoma: Case Report

Kelly Alessandra da Silva Tavares et al. Rev Bras Ginecol Obstet. 2017 Aug.

Abstract
in English, Portuguese

Genital leiomyomas are rare tumors that can often be misdiagnosed as Bartholin cyst. We report a case of a 32-year-old patient who had a cystic nodulation in the left labium majus that was suggestive of Bartholin cyst. A resection surgery was performed, and the definitive histopathology diagnosis was vulvar leiomyoma. The macroscopic features of cystic lesions difficult the differential diagnosis between leiomyoma and Bartholin cyst; therefore, a histopathologic examination is often recommended.

Os leiomiomas genitais são tumores raros, e frequentemente são diagnosticados como cisto de Bartholin. Relatamos o caso de uma paciente de 32 anos em que ocorreu nodulação cística no grande lábio esquerdo sugestiva de cisto de Bartholin. Uma cirurgia de ressecção foi realizada, e o diagnóstico histopatológico definitivo foi leiomioma vulvar. As características macroscópicas das lesões císticas dificultam o diagnóstico diferencial entre o leiomioma e o cisto de Bartholin, de modo que o exame histopatológico é frequentemente recomendado.

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Conflicts of Interest: The authors of this manuscript have no conflicts of interest to disclose.

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