title: Vulvar rhabdomyosarcoma in a 15-year-old girl (case report).
abstract: Knowledge of vulvar rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) is based on case reports and collective reviews since the pathology is extremely rare and experience of individual institutions limited. We present a case of a 15-year-old girl with large-sized vulvar embryonal RMS. The patient was treated with wide local excision of the tumor, multiagent chemotherapy and radiotherapy, achieved complete remission but 6 months after diagnosis died of toxicity. The management is discussed. Necessity of early anticipation of malignancy in girls is pointed out as it may determine outcome of therapy.
authors.affiliation: Division of Gynecology, Department of Perinatology and Gynecology, Karol Marcinkowski University of Medical Sciences in Poznan, Poland.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kapczuk
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lewandowska
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Friebe
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wochowiak
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012208:Rhabdomyosarcoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014846:Vulvar Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery