A case of alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma of the uterine cervix.

Choi, Han Song; Jung, Hyuk

Case Report

Korean Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology 2009;52(6):649-653.
Published online June 1, 2009.

A case of alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma of the uterine cervix.

Han Song Choi, Hyuk Jung

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Medicine, Chosun University, Gwangju, Korea. bimilo@daum.net

Abstract

Uterine rhadomyosarcoma (RMS) is a rare tumor accounting for 2~6% of the patients with uterine malignant neoplasm and it happens under 1% of the patients with genitourinary malignancies. RMS can be classified in four types; embryonal, alveolar, pleomorphic, and undifferenciated. About twenty percent of RMS occurs in the genitourinary tract, with sligtly more than half being embryonal rhadomyosarcoma. Alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma (ARMS) of the uterine cervix is very rare. Emerich et al. reported the first case of ARMS of the cervix in 1996. So, little information is available regarding its prognosis and therapy. We report a case of a 56 year-old woman with ARMS of the uterine cervix with a review of the literature. She was received the operation and radiotherapy. She has since been disease-free. We herein report a case of very rare ARMS of the cervix.

Key Words: Rhabdomyosarcoma, Uterine cervix, Alveolar type