title: Primary malignant melanoma of uterine cervix: a rare entity diagnosed on fine needle aspiration cytology--report of a case.
abstract: Primary malignant melanoma of uterine cervix is a rare neoplasm. Its diagnosis on cervical fine needle aspiration cytology, a first of its kind in the literature, has been reported. Although cervix is a rare site for melanoma, cytopathologists should be familiar with it and be able to diagnose this entity on cervical cytology when pigment containing tumour cells are present. In a patient with visible growth on cervix, fine needle aspiration cytology may prove to be a useful diagnostic tool, especially when cervical smear/scrape cytology is non-diagnostic.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cytopathology, Institute of Cytology and Preventive Oncology, New Delhi, India. sanjaydr17@hotmail.com
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sodhani
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jain
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm; D044963:Biopsy, Fine-Needle; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008545:Melanoma / Q000473:pathology*; D058950:Melanoma-Specific Antigens; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D009418:S100 Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D014626:Vaginal Smears
chemical_list: D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm; D058950:Melanoma-Specific Antigens; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D009418:S100 Proteins