Malignant melanoma of the urethra: a rare histologic subdivision of vulvar cancer with a poor prognosis

Malignant melanoma of the urethra is a rare tumour that is difficult to diagnose and treat, resulting in a poor prognosis. In this paper, we present the case of a 65-year-old woman who was referred to a gynaecologist because of a urethral mass that mimicked a caruncle. The tumour was removed by local excision, and a pathological analysis revealed a malignant melanoma. Distal urethrectomy was performed after three months with no evidence of residual tumour. There was no evidence of disease at a six-year followup. In this paper, we compare the epidemiology, treatment, staging, and prognosis of vulvar cancer in general to malignant melanoma of the vulva in particular.

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Author:	Veronika Günther, Ibrahim Alkatout, Cvjetko Lez, Silvio Altarac, Rajko Fures, Hrvoje Cupic, Zoran Persec, Zlatko Hrgovic, Christoph Mundhenke
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-289550
DOI:	https://doi.org/10.1155/2012/385175
ISSN:	2090-6692
ISSN:	2090-6684
Pubmed Id:	https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23320214
Parent Title (English):	Case reports in obstetrics and gynecology
Publisher:	New York, NY
Place of publication:	Hindawi
Document Type:	Article
Language:	English
Date of Publication (online):	2012/12/20
Date of first Publication:	2012/12/20
Publishing Institution:	Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg
Release Date:	2013/02/25
Volume:	2012
Issue:	Article ID 385175
Page Number:	7
Note:	Copyright © 2012 Veronika Günther et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
HeBIS-PPN:	332488780
Institutes:	Medizin / Medizin
Dewey Decimal Classification:	6 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften / 61 Medizin und Gesundheit / 610 Medizin und Gesundheit
Sammlungen:	Universitätspublikationen
Licence (German):	Creative Commons - Namensnennung 3.0

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