Vulvar carcinoma in pregnancy: a case report
Medical Journal of the Islamic Republic of Iran. 2005; 19 (2): 185-187
in English
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ABSTRACT
Carcinoma of the vulva has commonly been recognized as a disease of postmenopausal women, but some cases have been reported in young women during pregnancy. Medical records were reviewed for a patient with vulvar carcinoma diagnosed in pregnancy. Using Medline and cross references, pertinent articles were sought and reviewed. A 28-year-old Afghan woman in her sixth pregnancy presented with a vulvar lesion. Subsequent biopsy revealed squamous cell carcinoma. The patient was treated with local excision. She had a cesarean section in her 36[th] week of pregnancy. She underwent modified radical vulvectomy with bilateral groin dissection four weeks after cesarean. Because of a grossly positive groin lymph node, she also underwent radiation therapy. She is alive without invasive cancer 7 months after diagnosis.This case demonstrates the need to biopsy all suspicious vulvar lesions, even in young and pregnant women
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IMEMR (Eastern Mediterranean)
Language:
English
Journal:
Med. J. Islamic Rep. Iran
Year:
2005
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