Pediatric radical abdominal trachelectomy for anaplastic embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma of the uterine cervix: an alternative to radical hysterectomy

Abdominal Radical Trachelectomy

OBJECTIVE Abdominal radical trachelectomy (ART) is one of the fertility-sparing procedures in women with early-stage cervical cancer. The published results of ART, in comparison with vaginal radical trachelectomy, so far are limited. MATERIALS AND METHODS This retrospective study comprises all cases of female patients referred to ART with early-stage cervical cancer from 2 gynecologic oncolog...

Radical Abdominal Hysterectomy

Sarcoma botryoides (embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma) of the uterine cervix in sisters.

Sarcoma botryoides (embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma) rarely arises in the uterine cervix. We report a case of a 14-year-old female with sarcoma botryoides who presented with prolonged vaginal bleeding and cervical polyp. The biopsy specimen confirmed sarcoma botryoides. The patient underwent radical surgery of the tumor and hysterectomy without adjuvant chemotherapy. The sister of the patient had di...

Menstrual pattern after abdominal radical trachelectomy

To assess changes of menstrual patterns, their causes, preventions and treatment methods after abdominal radical trachelectomy (ART), we recorded patients' menstrual patterns after surgery and compared them with the conditions before surgery. Patients were divided into 3 groups based on their menstrual status post-trachelectomy:Group 1: menstrual patterns unchanged; Group 2: menstrual patterns ...

Prevalence of prognostic factors for cancer of the uterine cervix after radical hysterectomy.

CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE Cancer of the uterine cervix is still very common in Brazil. It is important to evaluate factors that influence its prognosis. The aim here was to analyze the prevalence of prognostic anatomoclinical factors among patients with carcinoma of the uterine cervix undergoing radical hysterectomy. DESIGN AND SETTING Cross-sectional study on 301 patients with invasive carcinoma...