Sarcoma botryoides of the cervix: excision followed by adjuvant chemotherapy for preservation of reproductive function

Abstract

Sarcoma botryoides is most often seen arising in the infantile vagina. Occasionally, disease will arise in the cervix in the adolescent. Most patients have been treated by radical surgery combined with multiagent chemotherapy. We recently treated a patient by local excision followed by multiagent chemotherapy in an attempt to preserve reproductive potential. The present case and a review of the literature suggest that excisional therapy with subsequent chemotherapy should be adequate for localized disease.