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 loca...

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Autores principales: Günther, Veronika, Alkatout, I., Lez, C., Altarac, S., Fures, R., Cupic, H., Persec, Z., Hrgovic, Z., Mundhenke, C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3539382/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23320214
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/385175
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author Günther, Veronika
Alkatout, I.
Lez, C.
Altarac, S.
Fures, R.
Cupic, H.
Persec, Z.
Hrgovic, Z.
Mundhenke, C.
author_facet Günther, Veronika
Alkatout, I.
Lez, C.
Altarac, S.
Fures, R.
Cupic, H.
Persec, Z.
Hrgovic, Z.
Mundhenke, C.
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description 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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spelling pubmed-35393822013-01-14 Malignant Melanoma of the Urethra: A Rare Histologic Subdivision of Vulvar Cancer with a Poor Prognosis Günther, Veronika Alkatout, I. Lez, C. Altarac, S. Fures, R. Cupic, H. Persec, Z. Hrgovic, Z. Mundhenke, C. Case Rep Obstet Gynecol Case Report 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. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012 2012-12-20 /pmc/articles/PMC3539382/ /pubmed/23320214 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/385175 Text en Copyright © 2012 Veronika Günther et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Günther, Veronika
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Lez, C.
Altarac, S.
Fures, R.
Cupic, H.
Persec, Z.
Hrgovic, Z.
Mundhenke, C.
Malignant Melanoma of the Urethra: A Rare Histologic Subdivision of Vulvar Cancer with a Poor Prognosis
title Malignant Melanoma of the Urethra: A Rare Histologic Subdivision of Vulvar Cancer with a Poor Prognosis
title_full Malignant Melanoma of the Urethra: A Rare Histologic Subdivision of Vulvar Cancer with a Poor Prognosis
title_fullStr Malignant Melanoma of the Urethra: A Rare Histologic Subdivision of Vulvar Cancer with a Poor Prognosis
title_full_unstemmed Malignant Melanoma of the Urethra: A Rare Histologic Subdivision of Vulvar Cancer with a Poor Prognosis
title_short Malignant Melanoma of the Urethra: A Rare Histologic Subdivision of Vulvar Cancer with a Poor Prognosis
title_sort malignant melanoma of the urethra: a rare histologic subdivision of vulvar cancer with a poor prognosis
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3539382/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23320214
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/385175
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