Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumor of the Vulva in an Adolescent Girl

Extraskeletal primitive neuroectodermal tumor (PNET) is rare and that affecting the female genital tract is extremely rare. We report the case of a 17-year-old girl who presented with swelling of the clitorus. She underwent excision and histopathology was PNET. She received chemotherapy and radiatio...

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Autores principales: Narayanan, Geetha, Rajan, Varun, Puthusseri, Jaisankar, Kattoor, Jayasree, Soman, Lali V.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elmer Press 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5649771/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29147407
http://dx.doi.org/10.14740/wjon819w
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author Narayanan, Geetha
Rajan, Varun
Puthusseri, Jaisankar
Kattoor, Jayasree
Soman, Lali V.
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description Extraskeletal primitive neuroectodermal tumor (PNET) is rare and that affecting the female genital tract is extremely rare. We report the case of a 17-year-old girl who presented with swelling of the clitorus. She underwent excision and histopathology was PNET. She received chemotherapy and radiation and achieved complete remission. However, she relapsed locally and systemically soon, progressed and died.
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spelling pubmed-56497712017-11-16 Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumor of the Vulva in an Adolescent Girl Narayanan, Geetha Rajan, Varun Puthusseri, Jaisankar Kattoor, Jayasree Soman, Lali V. World J Oncol Case Report Extraskeletal primitive neuroectodermal tumor (PNET) is rare and that affecting the female genital tract is extremely rare. We report the case of a 17-year-old girl who presented with swelling of the clitorus. She underwent excision and histopathology was PNET. She received chemotherapy and radiation and achieved complete remission. However, she relapsed locally and systemically soon, progressed and died. Elmer Press 2014-12 2014-12-03 /pmc/articles/PMC5649771/ /pubmed/29147407 http://dx.doi.org/10.14740/wjon819w Text en Copyright 2014, Narayanan et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Case Report
Narayanan, Geetha
Rajan, Varun
Puthusseri, Jaisankar
Kattoor, Jayasree
Soman, Lali V.
Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumor of the Vulva in an Adolescent Girl
title Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumor of the Vulva in an Adolescent Girl
title_full Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumor of the Vulva in an Adolescent Girl
title_fullStr Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumor of the Vulva in an Adolescent Girl
title_full_unstemmed Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumor of the Vulva in an Adolescent Girl
title_short Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumor of the Vulva in an Adolescent Girl
title_sort primitive neuroectodermal tumor of the vulva in an adolescent girl
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5649771/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29147407
http://dx.doi.org/10.14740/wjon819w
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