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01-10-2011 | Gynecologic Oncology

Successful treatment of a very rare case: locally treated cervical rhabdomyosarcoma

Authors: Erbil Karaman, Ozgur Akbayir, Yasemin Kocatürk, Sema Cekic, Filiz Balci Filiz, Ahmet Gulkilik

Published in: Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics | Issue 4/2011

Abstract

Aim

To study the local treatment of uterine cervical rhabdomyosarcoma in which fertility-sparing surgery is done.

Methods

We report an embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma of the uterine cervix which presented as a cervical polyp in a 22-year-old nulliparous woman.

Results

The tumor was composed of rhabdomyoblasts of varying differentiation dispersed within a loose, myxoid stroma, and formed a distinct cambium layer beneath the epithelium. The patient was successfully treated with fertility-sparing surgery and adjuvant chemotherapy.

Conclusion

The treatment modality should be done according to the patients individually. Treatment has recently inclined toward conservative therapy. Patients with favorable prognostic factors such as localized disease, single polyp and embryonal histologic subtype and without deep invasion can be treated with minimal invasive surgery.

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Title: Successful treatment of a very rare case: locally treated cervical rhabdomyosarcoma
Authors: Erbil Karaman
Ozgur Akbayir
Yasemin Kocatürk
Sema Cekic
Filiz Balci Filiz
Ahmet Gulkilik
Publication date: 01-10-2011
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics / Issue 4/2011
Print ISSN: 0932-0067
Electronic ISSN: 1432-0711
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00404-011-1974-y

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Successful treatment of a very rare case: locally treated cervical rhabdomyosarcoma

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Methods

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Conclusion

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