Treatment of Rare Lesions of the Uterus and Vagina

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Abstract
Last year, while treating patients with cervical cancer, we were surprised to find a primary lymphosarcoma of the cervix. The patient received radium therapy as given for the more usual types of cancer, and the lesion has responded satisfactorily to date. This aroused our interest in the rare types of malignant disease of the female pelvic organs, for, although they are so seldom encountered, a radiologist may find himself called upon to treat such conditions at any time. Lack of experience with malignant lesions other than squamous-cell carcinoma, adenocarcinoma, or mixtures of the two, makes correct treatment a problem. One wonders how often these rare tumors occur and whether they respond to treatment which has been found effective for the more usual types of cancer. The rare pelvic cancers treated at the Mayo Clinic during the decade 1935–44 were selected for study. Excised tissue was resectioned, stained, and restudied in all cases. The complaints which brought these patients with unusual pelvic tumo...

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