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Published on: July 20, 2014
Benign tumour of the vulva: vulvar schwannoma
Michelle Kwek1, Huan Ying Chang2, Padmavathi Rama Namuduri3
1Obstetrics and Gynaecology, KK Women's and Children's Hospital, Singapore michhh.kwek@gmail.com.
Abstract:
Schwannoma is usually a solitary, slowly progressing, benign tumour. It arises from the Schwann cells of peripheral, cranial and autonomic nerve sheaths and rarely affects the external female genitalia. We treated a patient in her late 30s with vulvar schwannoma with complete excision. A histological examination showed an encapsulated proliferation of bland spindle cells positive for S100 and SOX10 on immunohistochemistry, negative for desmin. A diagnosis of vulvar schwannoma was made. It carries a good prognosis with complete excision.
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