Vaginal tumors

Vaginal tumors are tumors that can be found in the vagina. A tumor in the vagina can be cancer (malignant)  but not all tumors in the vagina are cancer. Tumors that are not cancer are called benign tumors. Tumors have many different names. Another name for a tumor is neoplasm. A neoplasm is too much growth of tissue that forms a lump.
If cancer is found in the vagina it most often has spread there from other places in the body. Cancer found in the vagina may have come from the bladder, stomach and intestines. 

A tumor in the vagina can be solid or filled with fluid (or both).

Vaginal cancer is rare. It is an overgrowth of tissue in the vagina. Some benign tumors may turn into cancer.

A vaginal tumor can cause bleeding, pain with sex and feelings of pressure. A tumor in the vagina is often found during a check up and pelvic exam. Doctors may order more tests like an ultrasound, CAT scan and MRI. Doctors will look at a piece of the tumor under a microscope to see what kind of tumor that it is.

 Benign vaginal tumors 

Blue nevusThis tumor may look like cancer.
Melanocytic tumor 
Blue mole
Nevus bleu
Melancytic nevus
Leiomyoma 
Fibromyoma
Adenoma 
Squamous papilloma 
Fibroepithelial polyp
Genital wart
Adenomatoid Tumor
Fibroepithelial polyp

Malignant/cancerous vaginal tumors

Yolk sac tumor
Endodermal  sinus tumor
Peripheral primitive neuroectodermal tumor
Ewing's sarcoma|

Vaginal melanoma
Melanocytic tumor|

Carcinosarcoma
Malignant Mullerian Mixed tumors
Metaplastic carcinoma
Sarcoma botryoides
Botryoid rhabdomyosarcoma
Ambryonal rhabdomyosarcoma
Leimyosarcoma
Endometrioid stromal sarcoma
Endometrial stromal sarcoma 
Undifferentiated vaginal sarcoma

Genital rhabdomyoma
Deep angiomyoxoma 
Postoperative spindle cell nodule
Vaginal Solitary Fibrous Tumor 
Undifferentiated carcinoma 
Small cell carcinoma 
Carcinoid 
Adenoid basal carcinoma
Adenosquamous carcinoma 
Mucinous adenocarcinoma

Vaginal micropapillomatosis
Endometrioid adenocarcinoma
Mesonephric adenocarcinoma
Clear cell adenocarcinoma
Squamous intraepithelial neoplasia

Condylomata acuminata
Squamous cell carcinoma
Keratinizing, Nonkeratininzing, Basalaoid, Verrucous, Warty
Mesenchymal tumors
Alveolar soft part sarcoma
Mixed epithelial and mesenchymal Tumors 
Malignant mixed Tumors resembling synovial sarcoma
Benign mixed tumors  
Malignant lymphoma
Granulocytic sarcoma
Verrucous carcinoma
Squamotransitional cell carcinoma

 Other animals 
Vaginal tumors also can be found in some animals:
 Sarcoma botryoides
 Squamous cell carcinoma
 Condyloma acuminatum
 Squamous intraepithelial neoplasia
 Fibroepithelial polyp
 Clear-cell adenocarcinoma
 Squamous papilloma
 Leiomyoma
 Blue nevus
 Malignant melanoma
 Primitive neuroectodermal tumor
 Yolk sac tumor

Related pages
 Urethral caruncle
 Vaginal cysts
 Vaginal intraepithelial neoplasia

 Notes 

 References 

Other websites
Vagina, Anatomical Atlases, an Anatomical Digital Library (2018)

Category:Anatomy of the female reproductive system