Primitive neuroectodermal tumor originating in the vulva: A case report
| Autor: | Manabu Hoshi, Makiko Matsuda, Tomoyuki Ichimura, Toshiyuki Sumi, Naoki Kawamura, Mari Kasai, Makoto Murakami |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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Cancer Research
Simple Vulvectomy Pathology medicine.medical_specialty biology business.industry Enucleation Cancer Soft tissue Articles vulva medicine.disease MIC-2 Vulva medicine.anatomical_structure Oncology Primitive neuroectodermal tumor primitive neuroectodermal tumor Synaptophysin biology.protein Medicine Sarcoma business |
| Zdroj: | Oncology Letters |
| ISSN: | 1792-1082 1792-1074 |
| DOI: | 10.3892/ol.2014.2073 |
| Popis: | Primitive neuroectodermal tumors (PNETs) exhibit chromosomal translocations in common with those of Ewing's sarcoma. They usually originate in bone or soft tissue but rarely arise in the vulva. The current case report presents a case of PNET originating in the vulva in a 60-year-old female, who previously underwent enucleation of a vulvar tumor in another hospital. The pathologist suspected a histopathological diagnosis of PNET, and simple vulvectomy and resection of the inguinal lymph nodes were performed. An ~3 cm mass recurred in the right side of the vulva four years following the initial surgery and the tumor was excised. The tumor comprised small, round-to-oval nuclei and stained positively for MIC-2, synaptophysin, neuron-specific enolase and neurofilament antibodies. To date, the patient remains alive and with no evidence of disease four years following multidisciplinary treatment, despite PNETs usually exhibiting a poor prognosis. This is due to the small tumor size and the absence of distant metastasis. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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