PTEN, a candidate tumor suppressor gene located at chromosome 10q23.3, has been shown to be mutated in approximately 40% of endometrial cancers. Such mutations have also been identified in endometrial hyperplasia, indicating that inactivation of the PTEN tumor suppressor gene is an early event in the genesis of some endometrial cancers. In this study, we have extended the analysis of PTEN in gy...

Vulvar cancer accounts for less than 1% of malignancies in women. Verrucous carcinoma of the vulva is a rare histological variation, comprising less than 1% of vulvar cancer cases. Although it is characterized as being locally invasive, the condition is not associated with metastatic spreading. Lesions present in the form of a verrucous, ulcerated, and bleeding tumor that can reach large dimens...

A 50-year-old female was diagnosed with vulvar cancer treated with left partial vulvectomy and bilateral lymphadenectomy. Ten months after her surgery, she presented with increased labial swelling, pain and discharge. Biopsy confirmed recurrence of squamous cell vulvar carcinoma. Incidentally, on restaging radiographic scans, she was found to have a large right ventricular mass which, after sur...

OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study is to statistically compare the mean ages of the patients with gynecologic cancer in our hospital during the 2000-2009 interval. MATERIAL AND METHODS The data was collected from the Histopathology Exams (HPE) registers. RESULTS Gynecologic cancer was discovered in 1244 cases: 731 cervical cancers, 392 uterine cancers, 82 ovarian cancers, 31 vulvar cancer...

Dear Editor, We report a patient with metastatic Crohn’s disease (MCD) who presented with vulvar swelling preceding the diagnosis of gastrointestinal disease. Vulvar involvement of Crohn’s disease (CD) is rare and difficult to diagnose, especially when it precedes the onset of overt gastrointestinal symptoms. In our case, the diagnosis was enigmatic because no radiological and laboratory examin...

We report on the presurgical evaluation of an aggressive vulvar angiomyxoma using MR based three-dimensional (3D) modeling. A graphics computer was used to outline the tumor and other soft tissue structures on axial T2-weighted MR images of the pelvic floor. Specialized software was then applied to the edited images to build a 3D model. The model was viewed and manipulated on the computer scree...

Sarcomas of the vulva account for only 1-3% of all vulvar malignancies. Most common vulvar sarcomas are leiomyosarcomas, malignant fibrohistiocytomas, and aggressive angiomyxomas. Malignant rhabdoid tumor (MRT) of the kidney is a distinctive clinicopathological entity that is recognized as a highly aggressive renal tumor of childhood. Extrarenal malignant rhabdoid tumors have been proposed to e...

Background Vulvar carcinomas comprise almost 5% of all malignant tumors of the female genital tract [1]. Primary therapeutic approach is considered a radical surgery [2]. Infection and wound breakdown are the most common complications, these occur in approximately 40-60% of patients [3]. Objective to value the efficacy of platelet gel as support for reconstructive surgery in recurrent vulvar ca...

BACKGROUND Vulvar cancer is a relatively rare malignancy, which occurs most often in postmenopausal women. We have previously identified a geographic cluster of vulvar cancer in young Indigenous women living in remote communities in the Arnhem Land region of Australia. In this population, we investigated the prevalence of oncogenic human papillomavirus (HPV) infection in anogenital samples (vul...