Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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4158167 | Journal of Pediatric Surgery | 2010 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
Clear cell carcinoma is a rare pediatric cervical cancer, seen primarily in the setting of in utero diethylstilbesterol exposure. Historically, this type of cancer has been treated with radical hysterectomy and lymph-node dissection, rendering patients incapable of carrying a pregnancy in the future. We describe a young patient with clear cell carcinoma of the cervix who, through a multidisciplinary collaboration, was managed by a fertility-sparing alternative surgical approach—a radical trachelectomy. We present the surgical technique and review the current evidence regarding the use of radical trachelectomy as a fertility-sparing procedure in young patients with cervical cancer.
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Authors
Felicia C. Lester, Diana L. Farmer, Joseph T. Rabban, Lee-may Chen,