Metastatic malignant melanoma of the uterine cervix: first diagnosed on liquid-based cytology.
Malignant melanomas of the female genital tract are uncommon lesions. The first case of vulvar melanomas with a subsequent malignant melanoma of the cervix diagnosed based on liquid-based cytology without evidence of gross pathology is described.
Uzüm
Nüket
N
Mikro-Pat Pathology Laboratory, Ankara, Turkey. nuketuzum@yahoo.com
Köse
Faruk
F
Ataoğlu
Omür
O
D000368:Aged; D003584:Cytological Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008545:Melanoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology*; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis / Q000473:pathology*; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology*