title: Primary malignant melanoma of the female urethra.
abstract: We report here on a rare case of primary malignant melanoma of the female urethra. A 69-year-old female presented at our hospital with a several month history of dysuria, poor stream, gross hematuria, intermittent blood spots, and a painful mass at the external urethral meatus. The physical examination revealed a soft, small, chestnut-sized lesion through the urethral orifice. The mass was tan colored, ulcerated, covered with necrotic tissue, and protruded from the external urethral meatus. The mass was removed by wide local excision under spinal anesthesia. The pathological diagnosis was malignant melanoma of the urethra. Computed tomography of the abdomen as well as a whole-body bone scan showed no evidence of metastasis. The patient has been free of disease for 6 months postoperatively. We discuss the clinicopathologic features and treatment of this tumor.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Hallym University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. stcho@hallym.ac.kr
authors.forename: Sung Tae
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.forename: Hyeong Cheol
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Byungchul
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.forename: Woo Seok
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Won Ki
authors.initials: WK
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Yong Seong
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Young Goo
authors.initials: YG
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Ki Kyung
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Sung-Ho
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Jeong Won
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Kim