title: Metastatic malignant melanoma of the uterine cervix: first diagnosed on liquid-based cytology.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Mikro-Pat Pathology Laboratory, Ankara, Turkey. nuketuzum@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Nüket
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Uzüm
authors.forename: Faruk
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Köse
authors.forename: Omür
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Ataoğlu
mesh_terms: 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*