TY - JOUR
TI - Vulvar melanoma presenting as postmenopausal bleeding: A case report
AU - Koumousidis, A.
AU - Sofoudis, C.
AU - Marikakis, N.
AU - Ciopec, A.
AU - Adamczyk, M.
AU - Vakis, G.
AU - Sinha, P.
JO - European Journal of Gynaecological Oncology
PY - 2016
VL - 37
TODO - 4
SP - 546-548
PB - S.O.G. CANADA Inc.
SN - 0392-2936
TODO - 10.12892/ejgo3196.2016
TODO - carboplatin;  cisplatin;  paclitaxel, aged;  Article;  cancer palliative therapy;  cancer recurrence;  cancer regression;  case report;  computer assisted tomography;  distant metastasis;  female;  histopathology;  human;  human tissue;  liver metastasis;  lymph node dissection;  lymph node metastasis;  multiple cycle treatment;  postmenopause bleeding;  rare disease;  very elderly;  vulva cancer;  vulvar melanoma;  vulvectomy;  complication;  melanoma;  pathology;  postmenopause;  skin tumor;  uterus bleeding;  vulva tumor, Aged, 80 and over;  Female;  Humans;  Melanoma;  Postmenopause;  Skin Neoplasms;  Uterine Hemorrhage;  Vulvar Neoplasms
TODO - Primary melanomas of the vulva are extremely rare, creating obstacles in the differential diagnosis of other epithelial and non-epithelial malignancies. Due to their rarity, there are only approximately 250 cases reported in the current literature. Vulvar melanomas tend to relapse locally, as well as develop locoregional and distant metastasis through lymph node and haematic dissemination. The authors describe a case of an 84-year-old Caucasian female patient, presenting with postmenopausal bleeding, consistent with primary vulvar melanoma cause, which was successfully diagnosed and treated accordingly.
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