title: [Primary melanoma of the uterine cervix in a 19 year old woman--case report].
abstract: Only 5% of all melanocytic malignancies in women originate in the genitalia, the most unusual of which is melanoma involving the uterine cervix.
  
  
  METHODS
  a 19 year old woman, presented with abnormal genital bleeding. In our hospital the clinical examination showed an exophytic bleeding tumor growing in the cervix uteri. A first vaginal biopsy showed a sarcoma colli uteri. A new biopsy confirmed the clinical diagnosis of malignant melanoma. Subsequently a Wertheim-Meigs hysterectomy with bilateral adnexectomy and removal of upper half of the vagina and regional lymphadenectomy was performed. Next the patient received several courses of chemotherapy (DTIC).
authors.affiliation: Kliniki Onkologii, Ginekologicznej Instytutu Ginekologii i Połoznictwa, Poznaniu.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Kedzia
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sajdak
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kedzia
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Spaczyński
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008545:Melanoma / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D012509:Sarcoma / Q000473:pathology; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D014592:Uterine Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology
vernacular_title: Pierwotny czerniak szyjki macicy u 19 letniej kobiety--opis przypadku.