title: [Primary malignant melanoma of the cervix].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Primary malignant melanoma of the cervix is an extremely rare histological variety of cervical tumor, with only 54 cases reported.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 70 year-old woman consulted for metrorrhagia and pelvic pain. Clinical examination revealed a tumefaction on the anterior labium of the cervix. The anatomo-pathological examination of the biopsy led to diagnosis of a malignant melanoma of the cervix. Despite enlarged Wertheim-type colpohysterectomy associated with pelvic lymphadenectomy, pulmonary metastases developed and the patient died six months later.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This is a typical case of malignant melanoma of the cervix. All the authors underline the poor prognosis when visceral metastases occur early, as was the case in our patient.
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authors.lastname: Amenssag
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authors.lastname: el Idrissi
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authors.lastname: Erchidi
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authors.lastname: Rhrab
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authors.lastname: Kharbach
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authors.lastname: Chaoui
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007045:Hysterectomy, Vaginal; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary; D008197:Lymph Node Excision; D008545:Melanoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery; D011379:Prognosis; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery