Vulvo-vaginal vascular tumors: clinical contribution

Abstract

The vascular neoplastic pathology of the vulva and vagina is exceedingly unfrequent. In the Gynecological Department of the Cancer Institute of Milan 6 (0.076 per cent) cases of vulvovaginal vascular neoplasms were selected out of 8014 hospitalized patients. Among the observed findings it is worth noting the coexistence of a vascular and nervous tumour (hemangioma and neurilemmoma) and the possibility for lymphangiomas not to be, as generally known, of dysontogenetic nature; in fact, the case under study had developed in a very advanced age. It is stressed, in addition, the importance of early diagnosing and operating - also in infantile age - the dysontogenetic angiomas which, when disregarded, may give rise to significant troubles in a later age.