title: [Tumors of the vitelline sac located in the vagina in children. Apropos of 11 cases].
abstract: Eleven infants were treated at the Institut Gustave-Roussy between 1967 and 1980 for a yolk sac tumor localized to vagina. All the children had high serum alpha-foetoprotein levels. The average age was 10 months and the first symptoms were vaginal hemorrhages. The volume of the tumor and tumoral extension, as well as the biopsy, were appreciated by vaginal examination under general anesthesia. Treatment fluctuated during these years; 7/11 children were cured and since 1977, 6/8 (average follow-up 3 1/2 years) with the following therapeutic schedule: primary chemotherapy reducing the tumoral volume, and either partial colpectomy or curietherapy or both. So, these 6 girls were cured with a conservative treatment, preserving uterus and vagina. Two of them had moderate sequelae due to curietherapy.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003520:Cyclophosphamide / Q000008:administration & dosage; D003609:Dactinomycin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D004317:Doxorubicin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D005047:Etoposide / Q000008:administration & dosage; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008649:Mesonephroma / Q000628:therapy*; D008727:Methotrexate / Q000008:administration & dosage; D014625:Vaginal Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy*
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D003609:Dactinomycin; D005047:Etoposide; D004317:Doxorubicin; D003520:Cyclophosphamide; D008727:Methotrexate
vernacular_title: Tumeurs du sac vitellin de localisation vaginale chez l'enfant. A propos de 11 cas.