Vulvar liposarcoma is very rare with only 11 cases reported since 1966. Primary vulvar sarcomas constitute 1-2% of all vulvar malignancies. Vulvar liposarcoma may be misdiagnosed as benign lesions because of its location and appearance. The case presented in this paper is a 65-year-old-woman referred with a vulvar mass. The mass was clinically similar to lipoma. After total excision the pathologic report showed a well-differentiated sclerosing liposarcoma. Since a favorable prognosis in vulvar liposarcoma is dependent on the early diagnosis, all clinicians who face patients with vulvar mass should have this diagnosis in their minds.
Gestational trophoblastic neoplasia (GTN) is one of the most curable malignancies because of the intrinsic sensitivity of the tumor to certain antineoplastic agents, effective sensitive assays for human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG), and identification of high-risk factors that permit individualized treatment. Chemotherapy is the main modality of treatment in patients with GTN. The cure rate in patients with lowrisk GTN is 100%, and is estimated to exceed 80% in patients with high-risk GTN. Management of GTN is based on staging (anatomical involvement staging) and scoring. Patients with persistent GTN and stage I or score ≤6 (low risk) should be managed with single agent chemotherapy (methotraxate or actinomycin), but patients with stage IV or score ≥7 (high risk) need combination chemotherapy. Gestational trophoblastic neoplasia is radiosensitive, because radiation has hemostatic and tumorocidal effect on GTN. Therefore, radiotherapy can be used in treatment of some patients with brain hepatic metastasis or in patients where chemotherapy is not possible due to medical problems. Surgery can be used in patients who are resistant to chemotherapy or in hemorrhagic cases. Surgical resection of the tumor is the main form of therapy for placental site trophoblastic tumor. This surgery consists of a hysterectomy for the majority of patients as the disease is confined to the uterus.
Borderline ovarian tumors account for approximately 15% of all epithelial ovarian tumors. In the early 1970s, borderline tumors were categorized as either serous or mucinous with overall survival rates of 75-90%. Since then, it has been recognized that the two categories are heterogonous. There are now many different groups following the recognition of serous tumors with microinvasion, non-invasive and invasive peritoneal implants and a micropapillary pattern, and of mucinous tumors with microinvasion, intraepithelial carcinoma and pseudomyxoma peritoneal implants, in addition to further delineation of endometrial, clear cell and transitional cell tumors with atypical proliferation. This review outlines the most recent information regarding the epidemiology, pathology and clinical management of borderline tumors. Surgical management to excise all visible tumors remains the cornerstone of therapy. Because borderline ovarian tumors often occur in reproductive-age women, fertility is an important issue. Conservative surgery is a safe in carefully selected patients. Effective non-surgical therapies are yet to be identified.
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