Vaginal solitary fibrous tumor: a case report with recurrence after incomplete excision

J Low Genit Tract Dis. 2007 Jan;11(1):50-4. doi: 10.1097/01.lgt.0000230205.73365.5e.

Abstract

Objective: Primary solitary fibrous tumors (SFTs) of the female genital tract are exceedingly rare. We report a spindle cell tumor of the vagina with features consistent with a SFT in a 52-year-old woman.

Materials and methods: The original tumor was studied with the appropriate panel of immunohistochemical stains. The first recurrence of the tumor was 10 months after its original incomplete excision, and a second recurrence occurred 29 months later. Both recurrences were analyzed using the same immunohistochemical panel.

Results: After considering several related differential diagnoses, the diagnosis of SFT was made based on the morphological and immunophenotypic features.

Conclusion: To the best of our knowledge, this is the third case of vaginal SFT in the English literature, with 2 recurrences after incomplete excision.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Carcinoma / pathology*
  • Carcinoma / surgery
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local
  • Neoplasm, Residual
  • Vaginal Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Vaginal Neoplasms / surgery