Vulva, vagina & female urethra
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Mixed tumor of vagina
Author: Nat Pernick, M.D.
Topic Completed: 1 March 2003
Minor changes: 19 October 2020
Copyright: 2002-2021, PathologyOutlines.com, Inc.
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Definition / general | Gross description | Microscopic (histologic) description | Positive stains | Negative stains | Electron microscopy description | Additional referencesCite this page: Pernick N. Mixed tumor of vagina. PathologyOutlines.com website. https://www.pathologyoutlines.com/topic/vaginaspindlecellep.html. Accessed January 18th, 2021.
Definition / general
- Also known as spindle cell epithelioma
- Near hymeneal ring
- May recur locally
Gross description
- Well circumscribed but not encapsulated, not connected to surface epithelium
Microscopic (histologic) description
- Small, stromal type spindle cells mixed with squamous cells and mucinous glands
- Numerous small vessels and localized hyaline globules
Negative stains
Electron microscopy description
- Epithelial differentiation (tonofilaments and desmosomes), no myoepithelial differentiation
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