title: Unusual pleural effusion from vulvar squamous cell carcinoma: report of a case and review of the literature.
abstract: Vulvar tumors are not very common and account for about 4% of all cancers affecting the female genital organs. Frequently, malignant neoplasia of this site have squamous phenotype and the rare cases of metastasization are reported in the locoregional lymph nodes and in the surrounding organs. We report a case of metastasization of a vulvar squamous cell carcinoma in an unusual place such as the parietal pleura, in a relapsing patient that was submitted to a surgical vulvectomy the previous year.
authors.affiliation: SOC Anatomia Patologica ASL AL, P.O. Casale Monferrato.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Erra
authors.affiliation: SOC Anatomia Patologica ASL AL, P.O. Casale Monferrato.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Patrucco
authors.affiliation: SOC Anatomia Patologica ASL AL, P.O. Casale Monferrato.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Speranza
authors.affiliation: SOC Radiologia Diagnostica e interventistica ASL AL, P.O. Casale Monferrato (AL), Italy.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Barbero
authors.affiliation: SOC Radiologia Diagnostica e interventistica ASL AL, P.O. Casale Monferrato (AL), Italy.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Brucculeri
authors.affiliation: SOC Radiologia Diagnostica e interventistica ASL AL, P.O. Casale Monferrato (AL), Italy.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Taverna
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000032:analysis; D001706:Biopsy; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000737:chemistry / Q000150:complications / Q000556:secondary*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D016066:Pleural Effusion, Malignant / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D010997:Pleural Neoplasms / Q000737:chemistry / Q000150:complications / Q000556:secondary*; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014846:Vulvar Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*
chemical_list: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor
keywords: Differential diagnosis; Immunohistochemistry; Mesothelioma; Vulvar squamous cell carcinoma