Vulvar Carcinoma In Pregnancy: A Case Report
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 article...
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| author | Mitra Modares Gilani Malihe Hasanzadeh Nadereh Behtash |
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| description | 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'h week of pregnancy. She undetwent modified radical vulvectomy with bilateral groin dissection four weeks after ce arean. Because of a grossly positive groin lymph node, she also unde1went 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.Keywords: Vulvar carcinoma. pregnancy, squamous cell carcinoma of vulva., |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7cbe318eee474367966cf946a6b52b402022-12-22T03:26:13ZengIran University of Medical SciencesMedical Journal of The Islamic Republic of Iran1016-14302251-68402005-08-01192185187Vulvar Carcinoma In Pregnancy: A Case ReportMitra Modares GilaniMalihe HasanzadehNadereh BehtashCarcinoma 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'h week of pregnancy. She undetwent modified radical vulvectomy with bilateral groin dissection four weeks after ce arean. Because of a grossly positive groin lymph node, she also unde1went 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.Keywords: Vulvar carcinoma. pregnancy, squamous cell carcinoma of vulva.,mjiri.tums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-1-311&slc_lang=en&sid=1Vulvar carcinomapregnancysquamous cell carcinoma of vulva |
| spellingShingle | Mitra Modares Gilani Malihe Hasanzadeh Nadereh Behtash Vulvar Carcinoma In Pregnancy: A Case Report Medical Journal of The Islamic Republic of Iran Vulvar carcinoma pregnancy squamous cell carcinoma of vulva |
| title | Vulvar Carcinoma In Pregnancy: A Case Report |
| title_full | Vulvar Carcinoma In Pregnancy: A Case Report |
| title_fullStr | Vulvar Carcinoma In Pregnancy: A Case Report |
| title_full_unstemmed | Vulvar Carcinoma In Pregnancy: A Case Report |
| title_short | Vulvar Carcinoma In Pregnancy: A Case Report |
| title_sort | vulvar carcinoma in pregnancy a case report |
| topic | Vulvar carcinoma pregnancy squamous cell carcinoma of vulva |
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