title: Primary malignant melanoma of the vagina and cervix uteri: case report and literature review.
abstract: Malignant melanoma of vagina is rare. Malignant melanoma of the cervix is even rare. To date, only 96 cases of the former and 26 cases of the latter have been reported. We report here a very rare case of primary malignant melanoma involving both vagina and cervix in a 70-year-old woman. The clinical, cytologic, light microscopic and ultrastructural findings are presented, and the pertinent literature is reviewed and discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Veterans General Hospital-Kaohsiung, Taiwan, R.O.C.
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: H H
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Tseng
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008545:Melanoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D016609:Neoplasms, Second Primary / Q000473:pathology*; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D014625:Vaginal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000648:ultrastructure