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Vulvar melanoma presenting as postmenopausal bleeding: a case report

  • A. Koumousidis1
  • C. Sofoudis1,*,
  • N. Marikakis2
  • A. Ciopec1
  • M. Adamczyk1
  • G. Vakis3
  • P. Sinha1

1Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Conquest Hospital, East Sussex, England

2Department of General Surgery, Conquest Hospital, East Sussex, England

3Plastic Surgery Department, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece

DOI: 10.12892/ejgo3196.2016 Vol.37,Issue 4,August 2016 pp.546-548

Published: 10 August 2016

*Corresponding Author(s): C. Sofoudis E-mail: chrisostomos.sofoudis@gmail.com

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Abstract

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.


Keywords

Vulvar melanoma; Chemotherapy; Radiotherapy.

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A. Koumousidis,C. Sofoudis,N. Marikakis,A. Ciopec,M. Adamczyk,G. Vakis,P. Sinha. Vulvar melanoma presenting as postmenopausal bleeding: a case report. European Journal of Gynaecological Oncology. 2016. 37(4);546-548.

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