Recurrent Vulvar Melanoma in 35-Year-Old Pregnant Women

Journal of Lower Genital Tract Disease

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 223-225

  Dyduch, Grzegorz ^a   Jach, Robert ^a   Huras, Hubert ^a   Radoń Pokracka, Małgorzata ^a   Szpor, Joanna ^a   Pityński, Kazimierz ^a   Okoń, Krzysztof ^a   Zajac, Krzysztof ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Pregnancy; Vulvar melanoma; Vulvar neoplasm

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; VULVA DISEASE; VULVA MELANOMA; VULVECTOMY; WIDE EXCISION;

ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE DOSAGE; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTORS; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MELANOMA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMEN; RECURRENCE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VULVAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84876105123     PISSN: 10892591     EISSN: 15260976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/LGT.0b013e31826522f8     Document Type: Review

References (13)

1. WechterME, Gruber SB, HaefnerHK, Lowe L, Schwartz JL,Reynolds KR, et al. Vulvar melanoma: a report of 20 cases and review of the literature. J Am Acad Dermatol 2004;50: 554-62.
2. Alexander A, Harris RM, Grossman D, Bruggers CS, Leachman SA. Vulvar melanoma: diffuse melanosis and metastasis to the placenta. J Am Acad Dermatol 2004;50: 293-8.
3. Ragnarsson-Olding BK. Spatial density of primary malignant melanoma in sun-shielded body sites: a potential guide to melanoma genesis. Acta Oncol 2011;50: 323-8.
4. Pawelec M, Karmowski A, Karmowski M. A rare case of vulvar melanoma in a young woman who frequently tanned in tanning parlors. Arch Dermatol 2010;146: 347-8.
5. Curtin JA, Fridlyand J,KageshitaT, PatelHN, BusamKJ, Kutzner H, et al. Distinct sets of genetic alterations inmelanoma. N Engl J Med 2005;353: 2135-47.
6. Rohwedder A, Philips B, Malfetano J, Kredentser D, Carlson JA.Vulvar malignant melanoma associated with human papillomavirus DNA: report of two cases and review of literature. Am J Dermatopathol 2002;24: 230-40.
7. Driscoll MS, Grant-Kels JM. Hormones, nevi, and melanoma: an approach to the patient. J Am Acad Dermatol 2007;57: 919-31.
8. Chan MP, Chan MM, Tahan SR. Melanocytic nevi in pregnancy: histologic features and Ki-67 proliferation index. J Cutan Pathol 2010;37: 843-51.
9. Gleason BC, Hirsch MS, Nucci MR, Schmidt BA, Zembowicz A, Mihm MC Jr., et al. Atypical genital nevi. A clinicopathologic analysis of 56 cases. Am J Surg Pathol 2008;32: 51-7.
10. Gerami P, Jewell SS, Morrison LE, Blondin B, Schulz J, Ruffalo T, et al. Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) as an ancillary diagnostic tool in the diagnosis of melanoma. Am J Surg Pathol 2009;33: 1146-56.
11. Lotem M, Anteby S, Peretz T, Ingber A, Avinoach I, Prus D. Mucosal melanoma of the female genital tract is a multifocal disorder. Gynecol Oncol 2003;88: 45-50.
12. Moxley KM, Fader AN, Rose PG, Case AS, Mutch DG, Berry E, et al. Malignant melanoma of the vulva: an extension of cutaneous melanoma? Gynecol Oncol 2011;122: 612-7.
13. Levenback C, Coleman RL, Burke TW, Bodurka-Bevers D,Wolf JK, GershensonDM. Intraoperative lymphatic mapping and sentinel node identification with blue dye in patients with vulvar cancer. Gynecol Oncol 2001;83: 276-81.