Research Papers:
Conservative management of primary vaginal endodermal sinus tumor and rhabdomyosarcoma
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Abstract
Weimin Xie1, Keng Shen1, Jiaxin Yang1, Dongyan Cao1, Mei Yu1 and Yao Wang1
1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, China
Correspondence to:
Jiaxin Yang, email: [email protected]
Keywords: vaginal malignancies, endodermal sinus tumor, rhabdomyosarcoma, children, prognosis
Received: February 10, 2017 Accepted: June 04, 2017 Published: June 28, 2017
ABSTRACT
The aim of this study was to evaluate the conservative management and prognosis of primary vaginal endodermal sinus tumor and rhabdomyosarcoma in children. Medical records of children with vaginal endodermal sinus tumor and rhabdomyosarcoma between 1996 and 2015 were reviewed. A total of 24 patients (median age, 12 months; range, 7–44 months) were included in this study, comprising 17 patients with endodermal sinus tumor and 7 patients with rhabdomyosarcoma. Among the 17 patients with endodermal sinus tumor, 15 were initially treated at our hospital with chemotherapy alone, and 2 were initially treated in other hospitals with conservative surgery and chemotherapy. All 7 patients with botryoid rhabdomyosarcoma received chemotherapy without well-defined protocols. At a median follow-up of 51 months (range, 4–237 months), 3 patients (12.5%; 1 with endodermal sinus tumor and 2 with rhabdomyosarcoma) developed recurrence. At the last follow-up, 22 patients (91.7%) were alive without evidence of disease, 1 patient with botryoid rhabdomyosarcoma died of disease progression, and 1 patient with endodermal sinus tumor died of respiratory and circulatory failure. To allow preservation of sexual and reproductive function, conservative therapeutic strategies should be considered for children with vaginal endodermal sinus tumor and botryoid rhabdomyosarcoma.
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