Epithelioid sarcoma of the vulva.
We report a case of a 23-year-old woman diagnosed as having an epithelioid sarcoma of the vulva. She was treated by a clitoris-sparing hemivulvectomy and lymph node sampling of the ipsilateral groin. Vulvar reconstruction was performed with a rectus abdominis myocutaneous flap. Four years after the operation there is no evidence of disease and the patient has a normal sex life. The English literature on this subject is reviewed with special attention to the biological behavior and therapeutic approach.
Tjalma
W A
WA
Department of Obstetrics-Gynecology (Division Gynecologic Oncology), University Hospital Antwerp, Antwerp, 2650, Belgium.
Hauben
E I
EI
Deprez
S M
SM
Van Marck
E A
EA
van Dam
P A
PA
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012509:Sarcoma / Q000473:pathology*; D014846:Vulvar Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*