title: Amelanotic malignant melanoma of the vulva. Case report and review of the literature.
abstract: We report on a 60 year old patient with a 6 month history of vulval pruritus and an erosive vulval lesion which was mistaken for lichen sclerosus et atrophicus. Histologically the diagnosis of an amelanotic malignant melanoma of the vulva was established. We review the literature about this rare malignant tumor.
authors.affiliation: Universitäts-Hautklinik, Tübingen, Germany.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ulmer
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dietl
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Schaumburg-Lever
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fierlbeck
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D018459:Lichen Sclerosus et Atrophicus; D018328:Melanoma, Amelanotic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D014846:Vulvar Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery