Fibroepithelial (stromal) polyp

Vagina
Benign tumors
Fibroepithelial (stromal) polyp

Author: Jaleh Mansouri, M.D. (see Authors page)

Revised: 25 September 2017, last major update April 2014

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Cite this page: Mansouri, J. Fibroepithelial (stromal) polyp. PathologyOutlines.com website. http://www.pathologyoutlines.com/topic/vaginafibroepithelial.html. Accessed April 25th, 2018.

Definition / general

Polyp composed of a central core of fibrous tissue containing irregular shaped thin walled vessels and stellate cells
Overlying squamous epithelium may display reactive changes but without papillomatous architecture or koilocytosis

Epidemiology

Adult women during pregnancy or neonates

Sites

Vagina, vulva

Pathophysiology

Due to hormone induced hyperplasia of loose subepithelial connective tissue or end stage of granulation tissue (J Clin Pathol 1992;45:235)

Prognostic factors

Benign, may recur during pregnancy

Case reports

Five cases (Obstet Gynecol 1976;47:52S)

Treatment

Local excision

Gross description

Polypoid, multilobulated and usually solitary

Microscopic (histologic) description

Central fibrovascular core covered by normal appearing squamous epithelium without intervening Grenz zone
Stroma may be edematous, hypocellular or myxoid
May have atypical stromal cells including stellate and multinucleated cells

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