Primary malignant melanoma of the vagina

Tanwar, Rajendra Kumar; Saxena, Bharti; Ali, Sumbul; Saxena, Sangeeta

doi:10.4103/jcrt.jcrt_1335_16

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“…4,17 Let us know that our case did not present secondary lesions which earned him his unusual presentation .The disease is associated with a high risk of local recurrence, distant metastases, and poor clinical outcome. 1 Studies report that the mean duration of recurrence-free survival was short,i.e., 16 months and the mean overall survival time was only 22 months. 17…”

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“…It has a notoriously aggressive behavior with a high risk to local recurrence and distant metastasis. 1 Malignant melanoma accounts for <10% of all female genital tract melanomas, for 2.4 to 2.8% of all vaginal malignancies, and for 0.3 to 1% of all malignant melanomas. 2 This neoplasm usually occurs between the sixth and the seventh decade.…”

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Primary Malignant Melanoma of the Vagina without Metastasis: A Rare Case and Review of Literature

Bizimana¹,

Gloria²,

Insumbo

et al. 2021

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Malignant melanoma of vagina is a rare condition. Its histogenesis has been debated and the positive diagnosis is based on immunohistochemistry. Pelvic magnetic resonance imaging remains the gold standard for assessing locoregional extension status and post-treatment surveillance of melanoma of vagina. The observation concerned a 53-year-old woman with no specific history who presented a primary malignant melanoma of vagina without secondary locations. To date, the case is the second one reported in the literature. Early diagnosis of the malignant melanoma of vagina may improve patient survival because late diagnoses are punctuated by poor prognosis. We have presented epidemiological with etiopathogenic characteristics and described all imaging features to stage the tumor and to conduct the appropriate treatment.

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