A Case of Vulvar Carcinoma: Squamous Cell Carcinoma with Sarcomatoid Features.

Lee, You Young; Choi, Yoon La; Kim, Chul Jung; Lee, Sun Joo; Lee, Jeong Won; Park, Chang Soo; Lee, Je Ho; Ahn, Geung Hwan; Bae, Duk Soo; Kim, Byoung Gie

Case Report

Korean Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology 2004;47(9):1809-1813.
Published online September 1, 2004.

A Case of Vulvar Carcinoma: Squamous Cell Carcinoma with Sarcomatoid Features.

You Young Lee, Yoon La Choi, Chul Jung Kim, Sun Joo Lee, Jeong Won Lee, Chang Soo Park, Je Ho Lee, Geung Hwan Ahn, Duk Soo Bae, Byoung Gie Kim

¹Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
²Department of Pathology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

Abstract

An extremely rare case of squamous cell carcinoma with sarcomatoid features of the vulva in a 43- year-old woman is reported. Squamous cell carcinoma with sarcomatoid features of the vulva is known as a rapidly growing tumor with poorer clinical outcomes than squamous cell carcinoma. To date only 15 cases of squamous cell carcinoma with sarcomatoid features of the vulva have been reported in the world literature, none in our country. We report a case of a squamous cell carcinoma with sarcomatoid features that we have experienced recently with a brief review of the literature.

Key Words: Vulvar cancer, Squamous cell carcinoma with sarcomatoid features