Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences
Volume 26, Issue 2 , Pages 96-98, February 2010

Female Urethral Malignant Melanoma With Vesical Invasion: A Case Report

  • Alpaslan Akbas

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Vakif Gureba Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence and reprint requests to: Dr Alpaslan Akbas, Department of Urology, Vakif Gureba Research and Education Hospital, Vatan Caddesi Fatih 34093 Istanbul, Turkey
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  • Tolga Akman

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology Haseki Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
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  • Mehmet Remzi Erdem

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Vakif Gureba Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
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  • Baran Antar

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Vakif Gureba Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
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  • Isin Kilicaslan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
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  • Sinasi Yavuz Onol

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Vakif Gureba Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey

Received 23 April 2009; accepted 2 July 2009.

Article Outline

We report a 75-year-old female with a primary urethral malignant melanoma. A mass protruding from inside the urethra was detected on physical examination. Abdominopelvic magnetic resonance imaging revealed a mass extending from the urethra with dimensions of 4 × 2 cm, and periurethral heterogenous fatty planes consistent with infiltration. The histopathologic examination was consistent with HMB45(+) malignant melanoma. We performed cystourethrectomy and bilateral inguinal and pelvic lymphadenectomy in one session. The pathology report revealed primary malignant melanoma of the urethra invading the inferior bladder wall. The patient received no adjuvant therapy because of cardiopulmonary morbidities and the presence of multiple pulmonary metastases. The patient eventually died 13 months after surgery.

Key Words:  female , malignant melanoma , urethra , vesicle invasion

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PII: S1607-551X(10)70014-0

doi:10.1016/S1607-551X(10)70014-0

Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences
Volume 26, Issue 2 , Pages 96-98, February 2010

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