Table 1 Clinical and histopathological characteristics n = 21
From: Cancer of the vulva in Burkina Faso: a hospital-based case series
Categories | Number | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Age (year) | ➢ 50 | 20 | |
<50 | 1 | ||
Median age | 57 | - | |
Average age | 55 | - | |
Time from first symptoms to first medical consultation (month) | 12–24 | 9 | |
24–36 | 4 | ||
36–48 | 5 | ||
48–60 | 3 | ||
Reasons for consultation | inability to sit down | 2 | |
perineal pain | 9 | ||
smelly perineal oozing | 2 | ||
inguinal swelling | 5 | ||
ulceration | 9 | ||
painful urination | 1 | ||
rectal bleeding | 2 | ||
Histological type | squamous cell carcinoma | 20 | |
basal cell carcinoma | 1 | ||
Stages | TNM | FIGO | |
T1bN0M0 | Ib | 1 | |
T2N0M0 | II | 2 | |
T2N2bM0 | IIIb | 4 | |
T2N2bMx | IIIb | 5 | |
T3N3Mx | IIIc | 2 | |
T2N2bM1 | IVb | 4 | |
T2N2aM0 | IIIa | 3 | |