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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Zahir Ali Shaikh, MD[2]
Vaginal/Vulvar mass differential diagnosis
Diseases | Clinical manifestations | Para-clinical findings | Gold standard | ||||||||||||||||||
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Symptoms | Physical exam | Lab Findings | Imaging | Histopathology | |||||||||||||||||
Abnormal
vaginal bleeding |
Abnormal vaginal dyscharge | Pelvic
pain |
Itching or
burning of the vulva |
Other Genitourinary/ Gastrointestinal symptoms | B symptoms | Abdominal pain | Gynecological examinations | Abdominal
mass |
HPV | Pap smear | STI Panel | Ultrasound | MRI | CT Scan | |||||||
Cervical cancer[1][2][3][4][5][6] | + | + | + | + |
+ |
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+ | ± |
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±Chlamydia |
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T2-weighted MRI :
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PET/CT scan:
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Cervical polyp[7] |
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+ | − | − | − | − | − |
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− | − | − | − |
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Cervical leiomyoma[8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15] |
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+ | + | − |
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− | + |
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±
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− | − | − |
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T2-weighted MRI:
enhancement
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Cervical lymphoma[16][17] |
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− | + | − |
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+ | + |
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+ | − | − | − |
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Cervical sarcoma[18] |
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± | + | − |
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± | + |
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+ | − | − | − |
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Cervical erosion(Ectropion)[19][20][21] |
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+ | + | ± |
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− | + | − | − | − | − | ||||||||||
Cervicitis[22][23] |
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+ | + |
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− | − | − |
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IUD use[24] |
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± | + |
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− | − | − | − | ± | |||||||||||
Pelvic inflammatory diseases[25] |
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+ | + |
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±Abdominal
pain
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− | − | − |
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Endometriosis[26][27][28][29] |
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± |
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− |
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− | + |
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− | − | − |
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Adenomyosis[30] |
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− | + | − |
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− |
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− | − | − | |||||||||||
Cervical ectopic pregnancy[31] |
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− | − | − |
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− | + |
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− | − |
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T2-weighted MRI:
T1-weighted MRI:
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DES exposure (Clear cell adenocarcinoma)[32] |
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+ | − | − | − | ||||||||||||||||
Paget's disease of vulva to cervix[33][34][35] |
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± | − |
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− | −
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− |
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− | − | − | − |
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Vaginal cancer[36] |
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+ |
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− | − | − | ||||||||||||||
Nabothian cyst[37][38][39] |
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+ | − | − |
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− |
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− | − | − | − |
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Rectal cancer[40][41][42][43][44] | - | - | + | - |
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Weight loss + | LLQ + | NL | + | - | - | +/- | Endoscopic/transrectal US detects tumor extent | Determine tumor stage | Determine tumor stage |
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Colonoscopy with biopsy | ||||
Submucous uterine leiomyoma[45][46][47] | Menorrhagia | - | + | - |
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- | + | Enlarged, irregular, firm, nontender uterus | + | - | - | - |
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Provides information on no: of fibroids, size, vascularization, relationship with endometrial cavity & serosal surface | Not required | Not required | Physical examination with Ultrasound | ||||
Uterine cancer[48][49][50][51] |
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+ | + | - |
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+ |
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+ | - | - | - | Thickened endometrial lining >4cm |
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Not required |
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Histologic diagnosis | ||||
Vaginal lymphoma[52][53][54] | + | + | + | + | Abdominal/pelvic pain | - | + | Palpable mass between rectum & vagina | +/- | - | - | - | Diffuse mass in external cervical orifice & invading the vagina | Diffuse mass in external cervical orifice & invading the vagina | Not required | CD20 & CD79a positive | Immunohistochemistry & biopsy | ||||
Vaginal polyp[55][56][57][58] | Postmenopausal bleeding | + | + | + |
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- | + | Mass protruding from vagina | +/- | - | - | - | To exclude uterine hyperplasia/carcinoma | To determine the extent | N/A | Benign tissue/premalignant cells | Excisional biopsy | ||||
Vaginal adenosis[59][60][61] |
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+/- | +/- | +/- | - | - | - | Palpable cysts,nodularity or ulcers | - | - | - | - | N/A | N/A | N/A | Columnar cells in the ectocervix | Biopsy with histopathological examination |
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ignored (help) - ↑ Sunil Kumar Samal, Setu Rathod & Seetesh Ghose (2015). "Fibroepithelial Polyps of the Vagina in Pregnancy". Journal of clinical and diagnostic research : JCDR. 9 (10): QJ01–QJ02. doi:10.7860/JCDR/2015/13329.6656. PMID 26557576. Unknown parameter
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ignored (help) - ↑ M. Petrova, J. Laco, K. Cervicek & M. Tomsova (2015). "[Tubulo-squamous polyp of the vagina]". Ceska gynekologie. 80 (3): 173–175. PMID 26087210. Unknown parameter
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ignored (help) - ↑ Alexis Heller, Adanna Ukazu & Qing Wang (2017). "Pseudosarcomatous Vaginal Polyp". International journal of surgical pathology. 25 (1): 54–55. doi:10.1177/1066896916666676. Unknown parameter
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ignored (help) - ↑ C. Kranl, B. Zelger, H. Kofler, K. Heim, N. Sepp & P. Fritsch (1998). "Vulval and vaginal adenosis". The British journal of dermatology. 139 (1): 128–131. Unknown parameter
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ignored (help)