title: Retrospective evaluation of clinical and pathological features, as well as diagnostic and treatment protocols of primary vaginal malignancy.
abstract: Our study aimed to determine the epidemiological characteristics and diagnostic and treatment protocols of primary vaginal carcinoma. Also, we compared the clinical and pathological features of primary vaginal carcinoma which intersect with cervical and vulvar carcinomas.
  
  
  
  Sixteen patients with primary vaginal carcinoma, admitted to the Department of Gynecologic Oncology, Izmir Tepecik Training and Research Hospital between January 1983 and December 2012, were evaluated retrospectively. FIGO (International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics) Surgical staging was performed. The SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Sciences) program was used for statistical analyses.
  
  
  
  The histological distribution of the 16 patients with primary vaginal carcinoma was as follows: 9 patients (56.3%) with squamous cell carcinoma (SCC), 5 (31.3%) with rhabdomyosarcoma, and 2 (12.5%) with adenocarcinoma.
  
  
  
  The stage of the disease was found the be the main factor affecting the survival.
authors.affiliation: Tepecik Obstetrics and Gynecology Training and Research Hospital, Obstetrics and Gynecology Unit, Izmir, Turkey Erzincan University Medical Faculty, Gynecology and Obstetrics Department, Erzincan, Turkey. gozdemirel1@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Gozde
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kulhan
authors.forename: Mehmet
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kulhan
authors.forename: Umit
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Nayki
authors.forename: Cenk
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Nayki
authors.forename: Pasa
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ulug
authors.forename: Emrah
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Akkaya
authors.forename: Onur S
authors.initials: OS
authors.lastname: Aldemir
authors.forename: Yusuf
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yildirim
authors.forename: Mehmet
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sipahi
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007044:Hysterectomy; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012208:Rhabdomyosarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D016019:Survival Analysis; D014625:Vaginal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: primary vaginal malignancy; sarcoma; squamous cell carcinoma