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Vulvar Leiomyosarcoma Masquerading as a Bartholin’s Gland Cyst in an Adolescent
Sarcomas, tumors of mesenchymal origin, comprise a small percentage of all malignant tumors and are often challenging to diagnose. Leiomyosarcoma (LMS) is a rare form of cancer arising from smooth muscle cells. While a soft tissue sarcoma diagnosis is rare in and of itself, LMS diagnosis at an adole...
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2022
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8884453/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35242463 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.21674 |
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author | Reinicke, Trenton Anderson, Danyon J Kumar, Devesh Griggs, Cornelia |
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description | Sarcomas, tumors of mesenchymal origin, comprise a small percentage of all malignant tumors and are often challenging to diagnose. Leiomyosarcoma (LMS) is a rare form of cancer arising from smooth muscle cells. While a soft tissue sarcoma diagnosis is rare in and of itself, LMS diagnosis at an adolescent age is even more unique. Vulvar LMS can easily be misdiagnosed as a benign vaginal lesion, leading to a delay in proper treatment and poorer outcomes. In this case, we present a 14-year-old female who was diagnosed with a grade 2 vulvar LMS that clinically mimicked a Bartholin’s gland cyst. |
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spelling | pubmed-88844532022-03-02 Vulvar Leiomyosarcoma Masquerading as a Bartholin’s Gland Cyst in an Adolescent Reinicke, Trenton Anderson, Danyon J Kumar, Devesh Griggs, Cornelia Cureus Pediatric Surgery Sarcomas, tumors of mesenchymal origin, comprise a small percentage of all malignant tumors and are often challenging to diagnose. Leiomyosarcoma (LMS) is a rare form of cancer arising from smooth muscle cells. While a soft tissue sarcoma diagnosis is rare in and of itself, LMS diagnosis at an adolescent age is even more unique. Vulvar LMS can easily be misdiagnosed as a benign vaginal lesion, leading to a delay in proper treatment and poorer outcomes. In this case, we present a 14-year-old female who was diagnosed with a grade 2 vulvar LMS that clinically mimicked a Bartholin’s gland cyst. Cureus 2022-01-27 /pmc/articles/PMC8884453/ /pubmed/35242463 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.21674 Text en Copyright © 2022, Reinicke et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/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 author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Pediatric Surgery Reinicke, Trenton Anderson, Danyon J Kumar, Devesh Griggs, Cornelia Vulvar Leiomyosarcoma Masquerading as a Bartholin’s Gland Cyst in an Adolescent |
title | Vulvar Leiomyosarcoma Masquerading as a Bartholin’s Gland Cyst in an Adolescent |
title_full | Vulvar Leiomyosarcoma Masquerading as a Bartholin’s Gland Cyst in an Adolescent |
title_fullStr | Vulvar Leiomyosarcoma Masquerading as a Bartholin’s Gland Cyst in an Adolescent |
title_full_unstemmed | Vulvar Leiomyosarcoma Masquerading as a Bartholin’s Gland Cyst in an Adolescent |
title_short | Vulvar Leiomyosarcoma Masquerading as a Bartholin’s Gland Cyst in an Adolescent |
title_sort | vulvar leiomyosarcoma masquerading as a bartholin’s gland cyst in an adolescent |
topic | Pediatric Surgery |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8884453/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35242463 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.21674 |
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