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10502448

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-11-19
pubmed:abstractText
This is a case report and review of the literature on primary melanoma of the cervix. There have been only 26 published cases of primary cervical melanoma and most are poorly documented and doubtful. The patients' ages ranged from 26 to 78 years old with a mean age of 55 +/- 13 years. The main presenting symptom was vaginal bleeding (83.0%). The majority of the patients, 88%, presented in stage I or II. Treatment varied from a simple excision of a cervical mass to a radical hysterectomy with lymph node dissection and adjuvant radiation or chemotherapy. Our patient presented with vaginal bleeding and was diagnosed as having stage IIa cervical melanoma. She underwent a radical hysterectomy, partial vaginectomy, and pelvic and paraaortic lymph node dissection. She received adjuvant radiation therapy and her survival was 29 months. The prognosis of primary cervical melanoma is usually poor and unpredictable. We recommend a radical hysterectomy and vaginectomy, if necessary, to obtain negative surgical margins of at least 2 cm. We advocate lymphadenectomy only for grossly positive nodes.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0090-8258
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 1999 Academic Press.
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
75
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
170-4
pubmed:dateRevised
2005-11-16
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
Primary malignant melanoma of the uterine cervix: case report and review of the literature.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Miami-School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, 33136, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review, Case Reports