Malignant melanoma of the vulva: A report of 44 cases.
Forty-four cases of melanoma of the vulva are reviewed. A leveling system comparable to that of Clark's (in cutaneous melanoma of nongenital origin), is described. Survival appears to be directly related to depth of invasion, with no patient with a Level II lesion succumbing to disease. Minimal therapy recommended is radical vulvectomy with bilateral inguinal-femoral node dissection.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002987:Clitoris / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008197:Lymph Node Excision; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008545:Melanoma / Q000473:pathology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000473:pathology; D012008:Recurrence; D014844:Vulva / Q000601:surgery; D014846:Vulvar Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*