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Park, Jeon, Bae, Nam, and Jeong: A case of papillary squamotransitional cell carcinoma in the vagina
Case Report
Korean Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology

Korean Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology 2012; 55(1): 38-42.

Published online: 16 January 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5468/KJOG.2012.55.1.38

A case of papillary squamotransitional cell carcinoma in the vagina

Bo Ra Park, MD1, Seob Jeon, MD1, Dong Han Bae, MD1, Gye Hyun Nam, MD1, Dong-Jun Jeong, PhD2

1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Soonchunhyang University Cheonan Hospital, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Cheonan, Korea.

2Department of Pathology, Soonchunhyang University Cheonan Hospital, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Cheonan, Korea.

Corresponding author: Seob Jeon, MD. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Soonchunhyang University Cheonan Hospital, 23-20 Bongmyeong-dong, Dongnam-gu, Cheonan 330-721, Korea. Tel: +82-41-570-2150, Fax: +82-41-571-7887, sjeon@schmc.ac.kr

Received 6 May 2011       Revised 3 August 2011       Accepted 9 September 2011

Copyright © 2012. Korean Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology

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Abstract

Papillary squamotransitional cell carcinoma (PSTCC) of vagina is not a common disease. Especially primary neoplasm, which is not associated with carcinoma of urinary tract is very rare. To our knowledge, there have been only three reported cases of primary vaginal PSTCC without the history of urothelial carcinoma. Here, we report primary vaginal PSTCC accompanied by cervical squamous carcinoma in situ without the history of urothelial carcinoma with brief review of literature.

Keywords: Papillary squamotransitional cell carcinoma, Vaginal neoplasm

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Fig. 1
Colposcopic finding of uterine cervix. Note a mass 2.5 cm in maximal dimension that involved the left posterior fornix (arrow).
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Fig. 2
(A) Transitional cells with papillary figures are seen (H&E, ×100). (B) Focally keratin forming squamous cell nest is seen (H&E, ×200).
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Fig. 3
(A) Immunohistochemistry for cytokeratin (CK) 20 is negative (peroxidase, DAB; ×200). (B) Immunohistochemistry for CK 7 is positive in the cytoplasm and cytoplasmic membrane (peroxidase, DAB; ×200).
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Fig. 4
Magnetic resonance imaging shows ill-defined mass lesion in uterine cervix posterior aspect. Which lesion measured about 2.3 × 2.0 × 1.7 cm (arrow) (A, T2WI sagittal scanning; B, T1WI sagittal scanning; C, T1WI axial scanning).
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Fig. 5
Magnetic resonance imaging shows no definite mass lesion delineated in uterine cervix (T2WI sagittal scanning).
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