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Malignant vulvar melanoma: Colposcopic evaluation and review of the literature. A case report

  • L. Di Stefano1,*,
  • G. Calvisi2
  • G. Coppola1
  • F. Patacchiola1
  • C. Di Berardino1
  • G. Mascaretti1

1Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Italy

2Department of Anatomopathology, University of L'Aquila, Italy

DOI: 10.12892/ejgo200306523 Vol.24,Issue 6,November 2003 pp.523-526

Published: 10 November 2003

*Corresponding Author(s): L. Di Stefano E-mail:

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Abstract

Because of the rarity of this kind of vulvar neoplasia, the diagnostic difficulties (clinical and histopathological) conditioning the therapeutic approach and the missing iconographical material, we report a case of vulvar melanoma seen at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology of the University of L'Aquila in April 2001, together with a review of the literature. Owing to radical vulvectomy and bilateral inguinal lymphadenectomy with the Byron three-incision approach the histological report was: epithelioid cell apigmented melanoma radially spreading (MMSS), a tumor-free margin of at least 1.7 cm with sufficient lympholitic infiltration.

Keywords

Vulvar melanoma; Colposcopy; Lymphadenectomy

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L. Di Stefano,G. Calvisi,G. Coppola,F. Patacchiola,C. Di Berardino,G. Mascaretti. Malignant vulvar melanoma: Colposcopic evaluation and review of the literature. A case report. European Journal of Gynaecological Oncology. 2003. 24(6);523-526.

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