Vulvar Carcinoma in Pregnant Women Aged Less than 40 Years: Case Report

Malihe Hasanzadeh; Amir Zamiri-Akhlaghi; Maryam Hassanpoor-Moghaddam; Soodabeh Shahidsales

International Journal of Cancer Management

The Official Journal of Cancer Research Center (CRC), Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences

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Vulvar Carcinoma in Pregnant Women Aged Less than 40 Years: Case Report

Authors:

Malihe Hasanzadeh¹,

Amir Zamiri-Akhlaghi²,

Maryam Hassanpoor-Moghaddam³,

Soodabeh Shahidsales^4,*

1Women Health Research center, Dept. of Gynecology Oncology, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran

2Dept. of Gynecology Oncology, Faculty of medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran

3Dept. of Gynecology Oncology, Faculty of medicine, Mashhad Azad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran

4Solid Tumor Treatment Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran

International Journal of Cancer Management:Vol. 7, issue 3; e80550

Published online:Sep 30, 2014

Article type:Case Report

Received:Jul 20, 2014

Accepted:Sep 01, 2014

How to Cite:Malihe HasanzadehAmir Zamiri-AkhlaghiMaryam Hassanpoor-MoghaddamSoodabeh ShahidsalesVulvar Carcinoma in Pregnant Women Aged Less than 40 Years: Case Report.7(3):e80550.

Abstract

Background: Invasive squamous cell carcinoma of the vulva is primarily a disease of postmenopausal women and thus is rarely associated with pregnancy.

Case: We have reported on a young woman under 40 years old with vulvar carcinoma, which occurred during the pregnancy but optimal treatment was delayed to the postpartum period. This 37-year-old woman was diagnosed with 3x3 cm vulvar lesion, 2 weeks after cesarean section, subsequent biopsy revealed squamous cell carcinoma. She had a history of an ulcer on her left labia minor at the third month of the pregnancy. She was treated by a modified radical vulvectomy and bilateral groin lymphadenectomy. She did not receive any additional treatments. Now after two years, she has had no recurrence of the disease.

Conclusion: This case emphasizes on the need to consider malignancy as a differential diagnosis in vulvar lesions of pregnant young women.

Keywords

Vulvar Carcinoma

Pregnancy

Squamous Cell Carcinoma

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