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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Mar 3.
Published in final edited form as: Gynecol Oncol. 2012 May 15;126(3):351–356. doi: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2012.05.008

TABLE 3.

Patient and Tumor Characteristics

Characteristic No. of Patients (%)
Median age (range) 18.4 years (2.9–51.9 years)
Median body mass index (range) 28.9 kg/m2 (20.4–78.1 kg/m2)*
Race/ethnicity
  Caucasian 8 (73%)
  African American 2 (18%)
  Hispanic 1 (9%)
Presenting symptom
  Vaginal bleeding 10 (91%)
  Vaginal mass 4 (36%)
  Vaginal discharge 1 (9%)
Other primary malignancy
  None 8 (73%)
  Sertoli-Leydig tumor 2 (18%)
  Pinealoblastoma 1 (9%)
  Thyroid cancer (unknown type) 1 (9%)
  Adenocarcinoma of parotid 1 (9%)
Clinical stage
  IB1 4 (36%)
  IB2 4 (36%)
  IIA 1 (9%)
  Unknown 2 (18%)
Median tumor size 4 cm (range, 1–22 cm)
IRSG classification
  Group 1 9 (82%)
  Unknown 2 (18%)
Histological variant
  Embryonal (botryoid variant) 8 (73%)
  Embryonal (non-botryoid) 2 (18%)
  Undifferentiated 1 (9%)

IRSG, Intergroup Rhabdomyosarcoma Study Group.

*

A 2.9-year-old patient in whom body mass index could not be accurately assessed was not included.

One patient had both Sertoli-Leydig tumor and pinealoblastoma.

One patient had both thyroid cancer and parotid adenocarcinoma.