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Risk factors for unrecognized invasive carcinoma in patients with vulvar high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion at vulvoscopy-directed biopsy

2017; Korean Society of Gynecologic Oncology; Volume: 28; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.3802/jgo.2017.28.e27

2005-0399

Mario Preti, Lauro Bucchi, Bruno Ghiringhello, Silvana Privitera, Valentina Frau, Elisabetta Corvetto, Chiara Benedetto, Leonardo Micheletti,

Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer Studies

To evaluate the prevalence and risk factors for unrecognized invasive carcinoma in a series of patients undergoing surgical excision after an office biopsy of vulvar high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion (VHSIL).Two hundred and sixteen consecutive patients treated in a tertiary-level referral center for vulvar disease in north-western Italy were recruited. Patients' records were reviewed by trained personnel. Factors showing a statistically significant (p<0.05) association with detection of stromal invasion at excisional surgery in univariate analysis were further examined in a backward stepwise multiple logistic regression model.The median patient age was 50 years (range, 19-88). More than 25% patients with VHSIL at biopsy had associated cervical/vaginal intraepithelial neoplasia, and more than 35% had a multifocal lesion. Invasive carcinoma was detected in surgical specimens from 24 patients (11%). The depth of stromal invasion varied between 0.1 mm and 3.0 mm with a median of 0.5 mm. In multivariate analysis, the risk of invasive carcinoma detection was greater for patients in the highest tertile of age (p=0.008), for patients with a lesion ≥20 mm in size (p=0.013) and with clitoral involvement (p<0.001), and for patients presenting with a nodular lesion (p=0.078).Our study suggests that patient age, lesion size, clitoral involvement and nodular appearance in patients with VHSIL at vulvoscopy-directed biopsy are independently associated with the risk of unrecognized invasive carcinoma.