title: [Rare site of malignant melanoma].
abstract: Primary melanoma of the vagina is a rare tumor associated with a poor prognosis. We report on a 82 years old woman with a malignant melanoma of the vagina. The treatment performed was the removal of the vaginal tumor and a hemivulvectomy followed by a chemotherapy over 6 month. A recurrence of the tumor and the development of metastases in the brain and in the lungs was observed 3 weeks after the end of the chemotherapy. The patient expired 10 month after the primary treatment.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung für Gynäkologische Onkologie der Klinik für Gynäkologie und Geburtshilfe, Medizinischen Akademie Magdeburg.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Baumann
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Böhme
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Donat
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lenz
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Theuring
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary; D017024:Chemotherapy, Adjuvant; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary; D008545:Melanoma / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery*; D014621:Vagina / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014625:Vaginal Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D014844:Vulva / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014846:Vulvar Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*
vernacular_title: Seltene Lokalisation eines malignen Melanoms.