A literature overview of primary cervical malignant melanoma: An exceedingly rare cancer

Lactate as a Predictor in Severe Pneumonia

“…Primary mucosal melanoma of the uterine cervix is extremely rare neoplasm with only 78 cases reported in the literature since 1889 till 2011 (Pusceddu et al, 2012). By this case we want to emphasize that malignant melanoma (MM) of the uterine cervix might be diagnosed also in a very young woman in contrast to scientific reports where it is mostly found in women with median age 59.0 years (Pusceddu et al, 2012).…”

“…By this case we want to emphasize that malignant melanoma (MM) of the uterine cervix might be diagnosed also in a very young woman in contrast to scientific reports where it is mostly found in women with median age 59.0 years (Pusceddu et al, 2012).…”

“…The prognosis of primary cervical MM is usually poor. Overall survival in these patients varies, but usually is within the range between few months and 14 years (Pusceddu et al, 2012). There are two theories for the presence of the melanocytes on the uterine cervix: 1) melanocytes migrate from neural crest to the uterine cervix or 2) melanocytes differentiate from the endocervical epithelium (Zamiati et al, 2001).…”

Primary Malignant Melanoma of the Cervix, a Case Report and Brief Review of Literature

“…1889-2012 yılları arasında sadece 78 hasta bildirilmiştir. 5 MM'ler sıklıkla semptomatik olmakla beraber, rutin jinekolojik muayenelerde insidental olarak da saptanabilmektedirler. 5 Genel olarak MM'ler kutanöz, mukozal ve oküler olarak ayrılmaktadırlar.…”

Primary Malignant Melanoma of the Cervix, A Case Report and Brief Review of Literature

“…5 MM'ler sıklıkla semptomatik olmakla beraber, rutin jinekolojik muayenelerde insidental olarak da saptanabilmektedirler. 5 Genel olarak MM'ler kutanöz, mukozal ve oküler olarak ayrılmaktadırlar. 4 En düşük beş yıllık sağkalım oranları üregenital bölgeki mukozal formlarda gözlenmiştir.…”