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Indian Pediatr 2009;46: 431

Vaginal Rhabdomyosarcoma

Dilip Kumar Pal and Sumanta Jha

Department of Pediatric Medicine, NRS Medical College and Hospital, 138, ATC Bose Road, Kolkata 700014, India.
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8-month old girl presented with a protruding mass per vagina along with blood stained discharge for 2 weeks. Examination revealed an non-ulcerated polypoid vaginal mass (Fig. 1). On investigation, she had no other abnormality. Biopsy of the excised mass showed a malignant growth showing small round cells consists of undifferentiated mesodermal cells and few striated muscle fibres-rhabdomyoblasts.

Vaginal rhabdomyosarcoma or botryoides variety of sarcoma is a rare type of childhood malignancy. It is a variety of soft tissue sarcoma originating from lower genital tract in female infants and girl children before the age of 5 years. Treatment of vaginal rhabdomyosarcoma can be done with chemotherapy (vincristine, cyclophosphamide and actinomycin D/doxorubicin), surgery or combination depending upon the stage.
 

 

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