title: Primary vulvar melanoma with satellite metastasis: dermoscopic findings.
abstract: A 79-year-old woman presented with a 1-year history of a pigmented nodular lesion on the left labium minor. Histopathology of the nodule led to a diagnosis of metastatic melanoma. A pigmented flat lesion on the inner side of the left labium major was also biopsied and was found to be a superficial spreading melanoma. The dermoscopic findings of primary and metastatic vulvar melanoma which simultaneously occurred in the same patient are described. Dermoscopy revealed a homogeneous pattern associated with linear irregular vessels in the metastatic nodule, while irregular globules and streaks were seen in the primary melanoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy. vri@unife.it
authors.forename: Annarosa
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Virgili
authors.forename: Maria Rosaria
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Zampino
authors.forename: Monica
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Corazza
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008545:Melanoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness / Q000473:pathology*; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D018570:Risk Assessment; D014846:Vulvar Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery