Neoplastic diseases of the vulva and vagina

Michael Frumovitz

doi:10.1016/B978-0-323-65399-2.00039-5

Neoplastic diseases of the vulva and vagina

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Abstract

This chapter reviews the clinical and pathologic aspects of premalignant vulvar lesions and vulvar atypias (Box 30.1). This is followed by consideration of the diagnosis, natural history, and management of invasive cancers of the vulva, which includes not only the squamous cell carcinomas but also the rarer melanomas and sarcomas. The second part of the chapter reviews the diagnosis and treatment of premalignant and malignant diseases of the vagina.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Comprehensive Gynecology
Publisher	Elsevier
Pages	648 and 673.e3
ISBN (Electronic)	9780323653992
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-65399-2.00039-5
State	Published - Jan 1 2021
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Lymphatic mapping
Malignant melanoma
Paget’s disease
Radiation therapy
Sentinel lymph node
Squamous cell carcinoma
Vaginal cancer/vaginal carcinoma
Vaginal dysplasia/Vaginal intraepithelial neoplasia (VaIN)
Vulva cancer/vulvar carcinoma
Vulvar dysplasia/vulvar intraepithelial neoplasia (VIN)
Wide radical excision

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General Medicine

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Neoplastic diseases of the vulva and vagina

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