Endodermal sinus tumor of the vagina: a report of nine cases and review of the literature

Gynecol Oncol. 1984 Jul;18(3):380-92. doi: 10.1016/0090-8258(84)90050-7.

Abstract

Nine cases of endodermal sinus tumor of the vagina from children 6 months to 2 years of age are reported. The two patients treated before the advent of modern chemotherapy died 6 to 13 months postoperatively despite attempted complete surgical resection of the tumor in one of the cases. One patient who was treated initially by hysterectomy and vaginectomy had lung metastases 6 months postoperatively and died despite chemotherapy. Six patients who were treated by a surgical procedure and received vincristine, actinomycin D, and cyclophosphamide, with radiation therapy in two cases, were alive and free of disease from 2 to 9 years postoperatively.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Age Factors
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use
  • Child, Preschool
  • Combined Modality Therapy
  • Cyclophosphamide / administration & dosage
  • Dactinomycin / administration & dosage
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Mesonephroma / pathology*
  • Mesonephroma / therapy
  • Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal / pathology
  • Ovum / pathology
  • Vaginal Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Vaginal Neoplasms / therapy
  • Vincristine / administration & dosage

Substances

  • Dactinomycin
  • Vincristine
  • Cyclophosphamide

Supplementary concepts

  • VAC protocol