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An Unusual Case of a Vulva Tumor in an Adolescent: A Case Report and Literature Review
Hayriye Nihan Karaman Ayyildiz1, Zekeriya İlçe2, İlkay Tosun3
1Health Sciences University Ümraniye Training and Research Hospital Pediatric Surgery Clinic, Türkiye.
Background:
We present the case of a 15-year-old adolescent with swelling in the left vulva that was found to have a tumor measuring approximately 20x15 cm in her vulva. Ewing's sarcoma/primitive neuroectodermal tumors (ES/PNET) are rare and malignant.
Materials And Methods:
Preoperative magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomography performed to screen for metastasis were negative. The mass was surgically excised in total.
Results:
Immunohistochemistry showed the mass to be ES/PNET. The patient underwent positron emission tomography-computed tomography which revealed metastasis to inguinal lymph nodes and bone. While under chemotherapy for stage-4 ES/PNET, the patient was found to have lung metastasis. She died due to recurrent chemotherapy complications during treatment.
Conclusions:
This rare case highlights that significant of early diagnosis and multidisciplinary approach to treatment of ES/PNET cases.
