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Mucinous adenocarcinoma arising in a neovagina
A Munkarah1, J M Malone, H D Budev
1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Hutzel Hospital, Detroit, Michigan 48201.
Gynecologic Oncology
|February 1, 1994
Abstract:
The development of carcinoma in a neovagina is a rare occurrence. A case of mucinous adenocarcinoma of a neovagina is presented. A neovagina was formed in 1945 to correct a congenital anomaly. Subsequently the patient developed a chronic rectovaginal fistula. It is thought that the mucinous adenocarcinoma developed as a result of chronic inflammation secondary to the fistula. Although rare, development of a malignancy in ectopic tissue can occur. Clinicians need to be aware of this as they follow these patients.