Symptoms:

• Bleeding after sexual intercourse
• Painless vaginal bleeding and discharge
• Pain in the pelvis or vagina

About 5 - 10% of patients have no symptoms.

Signs and tests:

In patients with no symptoms, the cancer may be found during a routine pelvic examination and Pap smear.

Other tests to diagnose vaginal tumors include:

• Biopsy
• Pelvic examination

If a Pap smear is abnormal but the health care provider cannot see problems with the vagina during a pelvic exam, a colposcopy may be done.

Other tests that may be done include:

• Chest x-ray
• CT scan of the abdomen and pelvis