Metachronous tumors of the vulva: A rare occurrence of vulvar adenocarcinoma a year after Paget's disease.
- Author:
Rose Aubrey D MOLINA-ESPIRITU
;
Jerico Thaddeus P LUNA
- Publication Type:Case report
- Keywords: Neoplasms, MetachronousNeoplasms, Metachronous Second PrimaryMetachronous TumorsPaget's Disease Of The VulvaVulvar Adenocarcinoma
- MeSH: Human; Female; Aged 80 And Over; Groin; Thigh; Rotation; Pubic Bone; Vulvar Neoplasms; Biopsy; Lymph Nodes; Adenocarcinoma
- From: Philippine Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 2009;33(2):74-81
- CountryPhilippines
- Language:English
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Abstract:
This is the case of an 81 year-old G4P4 (4003), a diagnosed case of Paget's disease of the vulva, who underwent wide local excision a year prior to present admission. A year after her initial vulvar surgery, she developed a presumed recurrence of the Paget's disease in the right groin area extending to the supero-anterior aspects of the right thigh and right aspects of the mons pubis. She underwent a repeat local excision, superficial groin node biopsy and abdominal rotation flap but final histopathology revealed a vulvar adenocarcinoma, a completely different histology from the pathology a year ago, despite a side-by-side review of the two microscopic specimens. Clearly, a case of the two metachronous tumors of the vulva developed in the patient.