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A case of human papillomavirus infection and vulvar cancer in a young patient – 'hit and run' theory

Authors :
Stoyan Kostov
Deyan Dzhenkov
Dimitar Metodiev
Yavor Kornovski
Stanislav Slavchev
Yonka Ivanova
Angel Yordanov
Source :
Gynecologic Oncology Reports, Vol 36, Iss , Pp 100760- (2021)
Publication Year :
2021
Publisher :
Elsevier, 2021.

Abstract

Vulvar cancer (VC) is a rare disease, of which the squamous vulvar carcinomas (SVCs) are the most common histological subtype. SVC is often associated with human papillomavirus (HPV) infection. HPV- positive SVCs are multifocal, typically have non-keratinizing morphology, presence of koilocytes and tend to arise in younger women (

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
23525789
Volume :
36
Issue :
100760-
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Gynecologic Oncology Reports
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.74dcbf11b53046bb96f977e9d7c7b124
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gore.2021.100760