SEBACEOUS CARCINOMA OF THE VULVA - A CASE-REPORT AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE

Although sebaceous glands are prominent on the vulva, sebaceous carcin omas of the vulva rarely occur, In fact, there have been only two case s of sebaceous carcinomas of the vulva reported in the literature. Eig hty percent of vulvar cancers are squamous in origin with human papill omavirus (HPV) DNA detected in approximately 60% of these cancers, We present a third patient with sebaceous carcinoma of the vulva and the first to our knowledge that has been analyzed for HPV DNA, The case re port and a review of the literature are presented. (C) 1996 Academic P ress, Inc.