NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR OF VAGINAL VAULT: A RARE PRESENTATION

Pragya Tiwari, Mamta Mahajan* and Garima kanotra

ABSTRACT

In about 2% of malignancies, small cell carcinoma is diagnosed in female genital tract.[1] Cervical small cell carcinoma and ovarian carcinoids are the most prevalent gynaecological NE tumors.[2] Small cell nueroendocrine carcinoma (SCNET) of female genital tract is aggressive in nature and is similar to cancer arising from the bronchus We report a very rare case of 63-year-old hysterectomized woman, who presented to gynecology OPD at Dr. RPGMC Tanda, with complain of postmenopausal bleeding, hematuria, and dyschezia. She had undergone total abdominal hysterectomy with bilateral salpingophorectomy for AUB 11 yr back at our institute. Diagnosis of small cell neuroendocrine ca of vault was made with tissue biopsy and IHC. Imaging studies were done to asses the extent of disease. The patient underwent six cycles of chemotherapy and 16 cycles of external radiotherapy, leading to complete regression of the lesion. To the best of our knowledge, very few NE tumor of the vault has been reported.

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