What are the common symptoms of vaginal tumor?

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There are two kinds of vaginal tumors, which can be divided into benign tumors and malignant tumors. Benign tumors include fibroma, leiomyoma, hemangioma, lipoma, neuroma, myxoma and papilloma, and generally have no obvious symptoms. Malignant tumor refers to the occurrence of malignant lesions in the vaginal wall tissue, there are primary and secondary. Secondary cancer mainly comes from canceration and metastasis, such as cervical cancer, vulvar cancer, endometrial cancer, rectal cancer, etc; Primary vaginal malignancies are rare, accounting for about 2% of gynecological malignancies.

What are the common symptoms of vaginal tumor?

Vaginal fibroma: elastic fiber contained in connective tissue from the vaginal wall, which is rare. Neurofibroma: from nerve sheath cells, generally asymptomatic, occasionally grow larger, can produce vaginal discomfort or sexual difficulties. Vaginal leiomyoma: from the vaginal wall muscle tissue or vascular wall muscle tissue, small asymptomatic, enlarged when there is a sense of vaginal distention, sexual dysfunction.

There are many reasons for vaginal tumor: chronic stimulation, such as long-term use of uterine bracket, chronic inflammatory stimulation; Pelvic radiotherapy; Viral infections such as human papillomavirus; Immunosuppression; Estrogen deficiency leads to atrophy of vaginal mucosa epithelium, and vaginal squamous cell carcinoma is more common in elderly postmenopausal women;

Cysts vary in size, generally 2-3cm in diameter, smooth appearance, can cause difficulty in sexual intercourse or pain, and sometimes increase the frequency of urination. The contents are mostly watery, serous or milky liquid, with irregular vaginal bleeding, increased vaginal secretions and other clinical manifestations.

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There are many causes of vaginal tumor, such as vulvar infection, virus and bacteria infection and sexually transmitted diseases, mechanical stimulation such as tight underwear, bad health habits, allergic dermatitis of vulva caused by detergent or cosmetics, etc.