title: Primary malignant melanoma of the male urethra.
abstract: We report a case of primary malignant melanoma of the male urethra, increasing the total number of reported cases to 31. The experience with our case suggests that urinary cytology is a diagnostic method for malignant melanoma and essential in the preoperative diagnosis of this disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Osaka National Hospital, Japan.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Fujimoto
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Oda
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shimoe
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003581:Cytodiagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D014523:Urethral Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*