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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Günther V, Alkatout I, Lez C, Altarac S, Fures R, Cupic H, Persec Z, Hrgovic Z, Mundhenke C. Are you the author?
Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, University of Kiel, 24105 Kiel, Germany.
Reference: Case Rep Obstet Gynecol. 2012;2012:385175.
doi: 10.1155/2012/385175
PubMed Abstract
PMID: 23320214
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