Cáncer de vagina; Tumor vaginal; Cáncer vaginal
Aproximadamente del 5 al 10% de las pacientes son asintomáticas.
En pacientes sin ningún síntoma, el cáncer se puede encontrar durante un examen pélvico de rutina y una citología vaginal.
Otros exámenes para diagnosticar los tumores vaginales comprenden:
Si una citología vaginal resulta anormal, pero el médico no puede ver problemas con la vagina durante un examen pélvico, se puede realizar una colposcopia.
Otros exámenes que se pueden hacer abarcan:
Dotters DJ, Katz VL. Malignant diseases of the vagina: intraepithelial neoplasia, carcinoma, sarcoma. In: Katz VL, Lentz GM, Lobo RA, Gershenson DM. Katz: Comprehensive Gynecology. 5th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Mosby;2007:chap 31.
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