Rare case of primary mucinous adenocarcinoma of vagina
Bharati Dhorepatil1, Dipak Kumar Ladda, Aarti U Rapol
1Department of Obstretics & Gynaecology, Shree Multispeciality Hospital, Pune-Nagar Road, Opposite Agakhan Palace, Pune, Consultant Pathologist, Shree Multispeciality Hospital, Pune- Nagar Road, Opposite Agakhan Palace, Pune, Assistant Gynaecologist, Department of Obstretics & Gynaecology, Shree Multispeciality Hospital, Pune-Nagar Road, Opposite Agakhan Palace, Pune, India.
Journal of Cancer Research and Therapeutics
|October 16, 2013
Abstract:
Here we present a rare case of primary mucinous adenocarcinoma of vagina treated successfully with wide local excision and post-operative radiotherapy. There was no recurrence even after four years.
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