Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Conservatively treated glassy cell carcinoma of the cervix | World Journal of Surgical Oncology BioMed Central Open Access Case report Conservatively treated glassy cell carcinoma of the cervix Gabriella Ferrandina 1 2 Vanda Salutari1 Marco Petrillo2 Arnaldo Carbone3 and Giovanni Scambia2 Address Department of Oncology Catholic University Campobasso Rome Italy 2Gynecologic Oncology Unit Catholic University Rome Italy and Institute of Human Pathology Catholic University Campobasso Rome Italy Email Gabriella Ferrandina - Vanda Salutari - Marco Petrillo - afpetrillo@ Arnaldo Carbone - acarbone@ Giovanni Scambia - Corresponding author Published 28 August 2008 Received 5 June 2008 World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2008 6 92 doi 1477-7819-6-92 Accepted 28 August 2008 This article is available from http content 6 1 92 2008 Ferrandina et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background Very little data about the conservative treatment of early stage glassy cell cervical cancer have been reported. Case presentation A 30-year old patient nulligravida was admitted to the Gynecologic Oncology Unit of the Catholic University of Campobasso for irregular post-coital vaginal bleeding. The patients was staged as having FIGO stage IB1 tumor diameter 2 cm squamous cervical cancer. After extensive counseling of the patient and her family laparoscopic pelvic lymphadenectomy and cold knife conization were performed. The final diagnosis was FIGO Stage IB1 glassy cell carcinoma. Currently after a follow-up of 38 months she has no evidence of disease. Conclusion We reported a case of early stage glassy cell cancer patient who was conservatively treated .
