Author/Editor     Pinn, Melva E; Austin, Laura M; Schomas, David A; Miller, Robert C
Title     Case report from Mayo clinic: locally advanced Bartholin gland carcinoma
Translated title     Prikaz primera z Mayo clinic: lokalno napredovali karcinom Bartholinijeve žleze
Type     članek
Source     Radiol Oncol
Vol. and No.     Letnik 41, št. 2
Publication year     2007
Volume     str. 72-9
Language     eng
Abstract     Tumors of the Bartholin gland are rare, comprising less than 5% of all vulvar malignancies. Treatment is largely based on that of vulvar and anal squamous cell carcinomas. A case of invasive, grade 4, poorly differentinted squamous cell carcinoma of the Bartliolin gland is presented. Our pntient, a 47-year-old woman, had a Ivistory significant for cervical intraepithelial neoplasia treated with Ionization, type 2 diabetes mellitus, and tobacco use. The course of treatment included preoperative radiotherapy plus 5 fluorouracil and cisplatin chemotherapy, followed by restaging and posterior exenteration in combination with vaginal reconstruction.
Summary     Tumorji Bertholinijeve žleze so redki, predstavljajo manj kot 5% malignomov vulve. Zdravljenje poteka v največji meri po načelih za zdravljenje karcinomov vulve ali analnega kanala. Predstavljen je primer invazivnega, slabo diferenciranega skvamoznega karcinoma Bartholinijeve žleze. V anamnezi 47. letne bolnice izstopa predhodna cervikalna intraepitelijska neoplazija, zdravljena s konizacijo, sladkorna bolezen tipa 2, in kajenje. Zdravljena je bila s predoperativno radioterapijo v kombinaciji s 5-fluorouracilom in cisplatinom, čemur je sledila ponovna ocena razširjenosti bolezni ter operacija z rekonstrukcijo vagine.
Descriptors     BARTHOLIN'S GLANDS
VAGINAL NEOPLASMS
RADIOTHERAPY
MIDDLE AGE