title: Embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma (sarcoma botryoides) of the cervix presenting as a cervical polyp treated with fertility-sparing surgery and adjuvant chemotherapy.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma (sarcoma botryoides) of the female genital tract is rare in the cervix. It tends to occur in children and young women, and appears to have a better prognosis than sarcoma botryoides of the vagina and uterus.
  
  
  METHODS
  We report a case of embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma (sarcoma botryoides) presenting as a cervical polyp in a 19-year-old female. 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.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Awareness of this uncommon lesion in this site and its clinical implications is important to avoid misdiagnosis. Therapy has recently inclined towards conservative treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology/Microbiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska 58198, USA. kbernal@unmc.edu
authors.forename: Kerry L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Bernal
authors.forename: Lylia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Fahmy
authors.forename: Steven
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Remmenga
authors.forename: Julia
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bridge
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Baker
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D017024:Chemotherapy, Adjuvant; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005298:Fertility; D006801:Humans; D011127:Polyps / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000628:therapy*; D018233:Rhabdomyosarcoma, Embryonal / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D014463:Ultrasonography; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*