Background. Extraskeletal myxoid chondrosarcoma is a rare tumor that has been reported and discussed in neurosurgical, orthopedic, and otolaryngologic literature. We report a case of vulvar extraskeletal myxoid chondr...Background. Extraskeletal myxoid chondrosarcoma is a rare tumor that has been reported and discussed in neurosurgical, orthopedic, and otolaryngologic literature. We report a case of vulvar extraskeletal myxoid chondrosarcoma. Case. This is a case of a 46- year- old woman who presented with a soft tissue mass in the left vulva and underwent local excision. Grossly, the tumors appeared to be leiomyomas. Pathology revealed an extraskeletal myxoid chondrosarcoma. Conclusion. We report the first case of an extraskeletal myxoid chondrosarcoma arising in the vulva.展开更多
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate whether the surveillance schedule for patients treated with loop excision for high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions could be improved. METHODS: Women treated in our dysplasia clinic for hi...OBJECTIVE: To evaluate whether the surveillance schedule for patients treated with loop excision for high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions could be improved. METHODS: Women treated in our dysplasia clinic for high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions by loop excision between January 1990 and December 1999 were identified. Demographic information, pathologic diagnosis, and follow-up visits were extracted from medical records. Follow-up data included all Papanicolaou (Pap) tests and/or cervical biopsies performed in our clinic after the initial procedure. RESULTS: Women (n = 705) were treated for biopsy-proven high-grade dysplasia. Of those treated, 526 (74%) had at least 1 follow-up Pap test performed in our clinics within 2 years of their original procedure. During the 2 years of posttreatment surveillance, 70 (13.3%) women demonstrated recurrent cervical intraepithelial neoplasia 2 or 3. Recurrence was highest during the first 6 months and between months 22 and 24 of surveillance. This rate was noted to be dramatically lower during months 7 to 21 of surveillance (P < .001). Increasing age was independently associated with a 1.6-fold per decade (95%confidence interval 1.29, 1.9) increase in risk of recurrence. A negative margin status was independently associated with a 0.29-fold (95%confidence interval 0.17, 0.5) decrease in risk of recurrence. Race was not shown to have an influence on risk of recurrence. CONCLUSION: A clinically and financially optimal surveillance schedule for women treated for high-grade dysplasia with loop excision would be to obtain Pap tests every 6 months for 1 year and then return to annual screening. Lengthening the surveillance intervals could be beneficial to patients, while decreasing healthcare costs, without compromising the ability to detect and treat recurrent disease.展开更多
Objective. Ovarian low malignant potential (LMP) tumors have an excellent prognosis when treated by surgical resection. Conservative management usually involves leaving behind the uterus and contralateral adnexa to al...Objective. Ovarian low malignant potential (LMP) tumors have an excellent prognosis when treated by surgical resection. Conservative management usually involves leaving behind the uterus and contralateral adnexa to allow future childbearing. The purpose of this study was to determine the outcome of women treated with fertility-sparing surgery. Methods. All patients diagnosed with ovarian LMP tumors between 1984 and 2003 were identified at three institutions. Data were retrospectively extracted from clinical records. Results. Thirty eight (15% ) of 249 women with LMP tumors underwent fertility-sparing surgery. Twenty-three were nulliparous and four primiparous. Thirty-three (87% ) underwent unilateral salpingo-ophorectomy and five (13% ) cystectomy. Fourteen patients also had contralateral cystectomy or biopsy. Thirty four (89% ) were stage Ⅰ , one (3% ) stage Ⅱ and three (8% ) stage Ⅲ . Most tumors had serous (55% ) or mucinous (42% ) histology. No patients received adjuvant therapy. Six (16% ) of 38 recurred after a median follow-up of 26 months: five in the remaining ovary were salvaged with surgical resection alone, and none died from recurrent LMP tumor. Five women delivered six term infants during post-treatment surveillance. Conclusion. Fertility-sparing surgery for ovarian LMP tumors is an option for motivated patients. Preservation of the contralateral adnexa increases the risk of recurrence, but surgical resection is usually curative.展开更多
OBJECTIVE: Women diagnosed with ovarian tumors of low malignant potential ha ve an excellent prognosis. Because few will receive adjuvant therapy, the benefit of surgical staging has recently been challenged. The purp...OBJECTIVE: Women diagnosed with ovarian tumors of low malignant potential ha ve an excellent prognosis. Because few will receive adjuvant therapy, the benefit of surgical staging has recently been challenged. The purpose of this study was to compare the outcome of surgically staged patients with low malignant potentia l tumors with those who were not staged. METHODS: Between 1984 and 2003, all wom en with ovarian low malignant potential tumors were identified at 3 institutions . Data were extracted from clinical records. RESULTS: One hundred eighty-three (74%) of 248 women were surgically staged. Forty of 183 staged patients had cli nically obvious extraovarian disease. Forty (28%) of the remaining 143 women wi th disease apparently confined to the ovary were upstaged. Cytologic washings we re positive in 28 cases, 10 had microscopic implants detected by peritoneal or o mental biopsy, and 2 were upstaged to stage IIIC solely on the basis of nodal me tastases. One hundred eighteen women underwent pelvic node dissection (median: 5 nodes), and 86 underwent paraaortic node dissection (median: 2 nodes). Overall, 9 (1%) metastases were detected in 832 submitted pelvic nodes. All 314 paraaor tic nodes were negative. Intraoperative blood loss (P < .001) and length of hosp ital stay (P < .001) were increased in women without gross disease who were surg ically staged. Eight (3%) of 248 patients received adjuvant platinum-based che motherapy, but neither of the women upstaged to IIIC based on the results of the ir nodal dissection were treated. Fifteen (6%) recurrences developed and 1 (0.4 %) death occurred after a median follow-up of 28 (range, 1-208) months. CONCL USION: Routine pelvic and paraaortic lymph node dissection is not necessary in t he majority of women with ovarian low malignant potential rumors.展开更多
文摘Background. Extraskeletal myxoid chondrosarcoma is a rare tumor that has been reported and discussed in neurosurgical, orthopedic, and otolaryngologic literature. We report a case of vulvar extraskeletal myxoid chondrosarcoma. Case. This is a case of a 46- year- old woman who presented with a soft tissue mass in the left vulva and underwent local excision. Grossly, the tumors appeared to be leiomyomas. Pathology revealed an extraskeletal myxoid chondrosarcoma. Conclusion. We report the first case of an extraskeletal myxoid chondrosarcoma arising in the vulva.
文摘OBJECTIVE: To evaluate whether the surveillance schedule for patients treated with loop excision for high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions could be improved. METHODS: Women treated in our dysplasia clinic for high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions by loop excision between January 1990 and December 1999 were identified. Demographic information, pathologic diagnosis, and follow-up visits were extracted from medical records. Follow-up data included all Papanicolaou (Pap) tests and/or cervical biopsies performed in our clinic after the initial procedure. RESULTS: Women (n = 705) were treated for biopsy-proven high-grade dysplasia. Of those treated, 526 (74%) had at least 1 follow-up Pap test performed in our clinics within 2 years of their original procedure. During the 2 years of posttreatment surveillance, 70 (13.3%) women demonstrated recurrent cervical intraepithelial neoplasia 2 or 3. Recurrence was highest during the first 6 months and between months 22 and 24 of surveillance. This rate was noted to be dramatically lower during months 7 to 21 of surveillance (P < .001). Increasing age was independently associated with a 1.6-fold per decade (95%confidence interval 1.29, 1.9) increase in risk of recurrence. A negative margin status was independently associated with a 0.29-fold (95%confidence interval 0.17, 0.5) decrease in risk of recurrence. Race was not shown to have an influence on risk of recurrence. CONCLUSION: A clinically and financially optimal surveillance schedule for women treated for high-grade dysplasia with loop excision would be to obtain Pap tests every 6 months for 1 year and then return to annual screening. Lengthening the surveillance intervals could be beneficial to patients, while decreasing healthcare costs, without compromising the ability to detect and treat recurrent disease.
文摘Objective. Ovarian low malignant potential (LMP) tumors have an excellent prognosis when treated by surgical resection. Conservative management usually involves leaving behind the uterus and contralateral adnexa to allow future childbearing. The purpose of this study was to determine the outcome of women treated with fertility-sparing surgery. Methods. All patients diagnosed with ovarian LMP tumors between 1984 and 2003 were identified at three institutions. Data were retrospectively extracted from clinical records. Results. Thirty eight (15% ) of 249 women with LMP tumors underwent fertility-sparing surgery. Twenty-three were nulliparous and four primiparous. Thirty-three (87% ) underwent unilateral salpingo-ophorectomy and five (13% ) cystectomy. Fourteen patients also had contralateral cystectomy or biopsy. Thirty four (89% ) were stage Ⅰ , one (3% ) stage Ⅱ and three (8% ) stage Ⅲ . Most tumors had serous (55% ) or mucinous (42% ) histology. No patients received adjuvant therapy. Six (16% ) of 38 recurred after a median follow-up of 26 months: five in the remaining ovary were salvaged with surgical resection alone, and none died from recurrent LMP tumor. Five women delivered six term infants during post-treatment surveillance. Conclusion. Fertility-sparing surgery for ovarian LMP tumors is an option for motivated patients. Preservation of the contralateral adnexa increases the risk of recurrence, but surgical resection is usually curative.
文摘OBJECTIVE: Women diagnosed with ovarian tumors of low malignant potential ha ve an excellent prognosis. Because few will receive adjuvant therapy, the benefit of surgical staging has recently been challenged. The purpose of this study was to compare the outcome of surgically staged patients with low malignant potentia l tumors with those who were not staged. METHODS: Between 1984 and 2003, all wom en with ovarian low malignant potential tumors were identified at 3 institutions . Data were extracted from clinical records. RESULTS: One hundred eighty-three (74%) of 248 women were surgically staged. Forty of 183 staged patients had cli nically obvious extraovarian disease. Forty (28%) of the remaining 143 women wi th disease apparently confined to the ovary were upstaged. Cytologic washings we re positive in 28 cases, 10 had microscopic implants detected by peritoneal or o mental biopsy, and 2 were upstaged to stage IIIC solely on the basis of nodal me tastases. One hundred eighteen women underwent pelvic node dissection (median: 5 nodes), and 86 underwent paraaortic node dissection (median: 2 nodes). Overall, 9 (1%) metastases were detected in 832 submitted pelvic nodes. All 314 paraaor tic nodes were negative. Intraoperative blood loss (P < .001) and length of hosp ital stay (P < .001) were increased in women without gross disease who were surg ically staged. Eight (3%) of 248 patients received adjuvant platinum-based che motherapy, but neither of the women upstaged to IIIC based on the results of the ir nodal dissection were treated. Fifteen (6%) recurrences developed and 1 (0.4 %) death occurred after a median follow-up of 28 (range, 1-208) months. CONCL USION: Routine pelvic and paraaortic lymph node dissection is not necessary in t he majority of women with ovarian low malignant potential rumors.
