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Magnetic resonance imaging: a solid mass in the middle third of the posterior wall of the vagina with invasion of left parametrium.
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Magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated a solid mass, heterogeneous and vegetating in the middle third of the posterior wall of the vagina measuring 2.4 x 2.1 cm with invasion of left parametrium (Figure 1).
Hematoxylin-eosin stain (a), AE1/AE3 (b), CD57 (c), chromogranin A (d), and p63 (e).
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Immunohistochemistry showed positivity for AE1/AE3, CD57, and chromogranin A (Figure 2), and its expression was negative for CD56, p63, and NSE (neuron-specific enolase), confirming the diagnosis of small cell carcinoma of the vagina.