Gynecology & Obstetrics
Open Access
ISSN: 2161-0932
ISSN: 2161-0932
Kazuhiro Takehara
Shikoku Cancer Center,
Ko-160 Minami Umemoto, Matsuyama 791-0280
Japan
Case Report
Primary Malignant Melanoma of the Vagina with a Survival of Longer than 5 Years after Recurrence: Case Report and Review of the Literature
Author(s): Kazuhiro Takehara, Hiroko Nakamura, Tomoya Mizunoe and Takayoshi NogawaKazuhiro Takehara, Hiroko Nakamura, Tomoya Mizunoe and Takayoshi Nogawa
Background: Primary malignant melanoma of the vagina is an aggressive and very rare malignancy. This tumor constitutes less than 3% of vaginal cancers and only 0.3-0.8% of all melanomas in women. The overall prognosis for patients with vaginal melanoma is poor. Furthermore, once a recurrence is noted, survival is extremely poor, with a mean survival time of 8.5 months. The result of bibliographic search for recurrent vaginal melanoma, only 3 cases have been reported to survive 5 years after re-treatment for recurrence. We report a case of vaginal melanoma with a survival of longer than 5 years after recurrence.
Case: A 38-year-old woman presented with amelanotic melanoma of the vagina and underwent an operation and adjuvant chemotherapy. Twenty months later, sacral lymph node metastasis was observed. We removed her metastatic foci by surgery, .. View More»
DOI:
10.4172/2161-0932.1000183