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Cervical Rhabdomyosarcoma with Prolapse in a Young Girl

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Background

Rhabdomyosarcomas are malignant skeletal muscle tumours. They are rare in adults, but account for about 50% of soft tissue sarcomas in children. Most frequent sites include head and neck (35%), followed by the genitourinary tract (25%), extremities and trunk, and cervix is one of the least common sites in the genitourinary tract.

Case description

We report the case of a 13-year-old girl who was evaluated for excessive discharge per vaginum and was symptomatically treated and later diagnosed as a case of cervical RMS. She developed excess bleeding per vaginum associated with prolapse of the mass for which an emergency excision had to be done. Then, she completed her chemotherapy and is disease free till date.

Conclusion

We report this case due to its unusual presentation. She was initially treated as a case of vaginitis and diagnosis was missed. Once she was diagnosed as having cervical RMS and on chemotherapy, she developed prolapse of the mass with bleeding, which is also an unusual presentation. So cases of excessive discharge per vaginum not responding to treatment should have a detailed pelvic examination to rule out any mass lesions.

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  1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Azeezia Medical College Hospital, Meeyannoor, Kollam, 691537, India

    Elizabeth Reshmi John

  2. Department of Surgical Oncology, Regional Cancer Centre, Thiruvanathapuram, Kerala, India

    P. Rema, J. Siva Ranjith, Aswathy G. Nath,  Vijayshanti & Suchetha Sambasivan

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John, E.R., Rema, P., Siva Ranjith, J. et al. Cervical Rhabdomyosarcoma with Prolapse in a Young Girl. Indian J Gynecol Oncolog 16, 65 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40944-018-0236-3

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