TY  - JOUR
A1  - Günther, Veronika
A1  - Alkatout, Ibrahim
A1  - Lez, Cvjetko
A1  - Altarac, Silvio
A1  - Fures, Rajko
A1  - Cupic, Hrvoje
A1  - Persec, Zoran
A1  - Hrgovic, Zlatko
A1  - Mundhenke, Christoph
T1  - Malignant melanoma of the urethra: a rare histologic subdivision of vulvar cancer with a poor prognosis
T2  - Case reports in obstetrics and gynecology
N2  - 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.
Y1  - 2012
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/28955
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-289550
SN  - 2090-6692
SN  - 2090-6684
N1  - 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.
VL  - 2012
IS  - Article ID 385175
PB  - New York, NY
CY  - Hindawi
ER  -