SARCOMA BOTRYOIDES OF THE CERVIX TREATED WITH LIMITED SURGERY AND CHEMOTHERAPY TO PRESERVE FERTILITY

Sarcoma botryoides rarely arises in the uterine cervix It usually pres ents in the adolescent age group and is treated primarily by surgery f ollowed by adjuvant chemotherapy, It has been reported in the literatu re that it is possible to limit surgery to local excision in stage I c ases, when the tumor is confined to the cervix, In an attempt to prese rve reproductive function in a young female patient, we performed cerv icectomy alone, followed by adjuvant chemotherapy, After 36 months fol low-up she remains well, suggesting that limited excision with adjuvan t chemotherapy may be sufficient for early-stage disease. (C) 1995 Aca demic Press, Inc.