A Case of Vaginal Leiomyoma: Physical Examination Outperforms Imaging
Zhao-Xiang Dong, Xin-Yu Xu, Xiu-Ying Wang, Wen-Qing Zhang, Jia-Hui Cong, Jing Li · 2026
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Zhao-Xiang Dong and colleagues tell, in a 2026 case report, of a vaginal leiomyoma, a rare benign muscle growth. Every scan misread it as a neck-of-womb growth in a woman of childbearing age. Fewer than a few hundred such cases exist in print worldwide.
Ultrasound and MRI both called the front vaginal wall lump a cervical myoma. Hands-on examination, confirmed during surgery, placed its origin in the vagina instead. The authors argue that careful palpation can beat high-tech imaging at pinning down where a lump truly starts, and that knowing imaging's blind spots prevents confident mistakes. Combining touch and technology, they say, gives the truest preoperative picture.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Zhao-Xiang Dong, Xin-Yu Xu, Xiu-Ying Wang, Wen-Qing Zhang, Jia-Hui Cong, Jing Li |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 18098 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |