The utility of high-frequency ultrasonography in preoperative assessment of vulvar Paget’s disease – a case report

Paget’s disease of the vulva is a rare skin cancer accounting for less than 1% of all vulvar neoplasias. Surgery is the first treatment of choice. Unfortunately, it is insufficient in many cases, which require further treatment, and the risk of recurrence is high. We present a case of an 85-year-old...

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Main Authors: Michał Migda, Marian Stanisław Migda, Bartosz Migda, Robert Krzysztof Mlosek, Marek Maleńczyk
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2019-12-01
Series:Journal of Ultrasonography
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Online Access:http://www.jultrason.pl/index.php/issues/volume-19-no-79/the-utility-of-high-frequency-ultrasonography-in-preoperative-assessment-of-vulvar-paget-s-disease-a-case-report?aid=770
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Summary:Paget’s disease of the vulva is a rare skin cancer accounting for less than 1% of all vulvar neoplasias. Surgery is the first treatment of choice. Unfortunately, it is insufficient in many cases, which require further treatment, and the risk of recurrence is high. We present a case of an 85-year-old woman who underwent surgery due to Paget’s disease of the vulva. A preoperative skin imaging using a high-frequency 48 MHz mechanical probe was used to assess the lesion margins. Typical high-frequency ultrasonographic features of vulvar Paget’s disease were identified and analyzed. This is the first report of high-frequency ultrasonography imaging of vulvar Paget’s disease.
ISSN:2084-8404
2451-070X