TABLE 3.
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.