Mixed mesodermal tumor of the uterus in a 4-year-old girl.
A case of malignant mixed mesodermal tumor (MMT) of the uterus in a 4-year-old girl is reported. The patient had a polypoid lesion protruding from the vagina which was initially thought to be a sarcoma botryoides. This is one of the youngest cases of MMT on record. A review of MMT in premenopausal women and children is presented.
D002675:Child, Preschool; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009373:Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal / Q000473:pathology*; D012208:Rhabdomyosarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis; D014594:Uterine Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*