[Melanoma of the female urethra].
Case report of a 69-year-old woman with a melanoma of the urethra. Radical surgery was renounced in regard of the age. We performed local excision with inguinal lymphonodectomy only followed by chemotherapy with dacarbazine. A tumor of this localisation is rare. Approximately 45 cases have been described in the literature at present. The prognosis of the diseases is very poor.
D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D014521:Urethra / Q000473:pathology; D014523:Urethral Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery
Melanom der weiblichen Harnröhre.