Metastatic malignant melanoma with peritoneal seeding in a young woman: A case report

Malignant melanomas of the uterus, either primary or metastatic, are extremely rare. They can be mistaken as other tumors, such as uterine sarcomas during diagnosis. We describe here the first case of a metastatic melanoma of the uterus with peritoneal seeding in a young woman. It was first diagnose...

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Autores principales: Lee, Eung Seok, Ahn, Ji Hyun, Lee, Taek Sang, Jeon, Hye Won
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Korean Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology; Korean Society of Contraception and Reproductive Health; Korean Society of Gynecologic Endocrinology; Korean Society of Gynecologic Endoscopy and Minimal Invasive Surgery; Korean Society of Maternal Fetal Medicine; Korean Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology; Korean Urogynecologic Society 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4038693/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24883298
http://dx.doi.org/10.5468/ogs.2014.57.3.240
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description Malignant melanomas of the uterus, either primary or metastatic, are extremely rare. They can be mistaken as other tumors, such as uterine sarcomas during diagnosis. We describe here the first case of a metastatic melanoma of the uterus with peritoneal seeding in a young woman. It was first diagnosed as a uterine sarcoma from a frozen-section biopsy.
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spelling pubmed-40386932014-05-30 Metastatic malignant melanoma with peritoneal seeding in a young woman: A case report Lee, Eung Seok Ahn, Ji Hyun Lee, Taek Sang Jeon, Hye Won Obstet Gynecol Sci Case Report Malignant melanomas of the uterus, either primary or metastatic, are extremely rare. They can be mistaken as other tumors, such as uterine sarcomas during diagnosis. We describe here the first case of a metastatic melanoma of the uterus with peritoneal seeding in a young woman. It was first diagnosed as a uterine sarcoma from a frozen-section biopsy. Korean Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology; Korean Society of Contraception and Reproductive Health; Korean Society of Gynecologic Endocrinology; Korean Society of Gynecologic Endoscopy and Minimal Invasive Surgery; Korean Society of Maternal Fetal Medicine; Korean Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology; Korean Urogynecologic Society 2014-05 2014-05-15 /pmc/articles/PMC4038693/ /pubmed/24883298 http://dx.doi.org/10.5468/ogs.2014.57.3.240 Text en Copyright © 2014 Korean Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ Articles published in Obstet Gynecol Sci are open-access, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title Metastatic malignant melanoma with peritoneal seeding in a young woman: A case report
title_full Metastatic malignant melanoma with peritoneal seeding in a young woman: A case report
title_fullStr Metastatic malignant melanoma with peritoneal seeding in a young woman: A case report
title_full_unstemmed Metastatic malignant melanoma with peritoneal seeding in a young woman: A case report
title_short Metastatic malignant melanoma with peritoneal seeding in a young woman: A case report
title_sort metastatic malignant melanoma with peritoneal seeding in a young woman: a case report
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4038693/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24883298
http://dx.doi.org/10.5468/ogs.2014.57.3.240
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