Abstract
A 57-year-old woman presented with urinary retention, diarrhea, rectal bleeding, a cystic pelvic mass with thick irregular borders posterior to the vagina displacing the cervix and the bladder, and an intact vaginal mucosa. The patient underwent exploratory laparotomy on the assumption that she had an ovarian neoplasm. The mass originated from the posterior vaginal wall and was consistent with primary squamous cell carcinoma. The patient was treated with surgical cytoreduction followed by external radiation therapy and weekly cisplatin with good response. One year following treatment the patient remains without evidence of disease. Primary vaginal squamous cell carcinoma arising from the posterior vaginal wall can present as a cystic pelvic mass resembling an ovarian neoplasm. Cytoreductive surgery followed by chemoradiation might be of value in some patients with primary vaginal carcinoma.
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