title: [Vulvar melanoma].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Malignant melanoma of the vulva is the second commonest vulval malignancy. This article will focus on three cases of vulvar melanoma which have been solved surgically with wide excision, sentinel lymph node biopsy and radical lymphadenectomy.
  
  
  METHODS
  Case report.
  
  
  METHODS
  Department of Dermatovenerology 3rd Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Faculty Hospital Královské Vinohrady, Prague.
  
  
  METHODS
  Biopsy of the lesion creates a reliable diagnostic procedure. More frequently digital dermoscopy is used for the precise primary diagnostics and follow-up of pigment vulvar lesions.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Vulvar melanoma has been variously estimated to account for between 3.6 and 10% of malignant vulvar neoplasms. An epidemiologic study revealed ratio of vulvar to skin melanoma 1:71.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  New diagnostic methods such as digital dermoscopy or sentinel node biopsy bringing ever greater progress in precise diagnosis of patients with vulvar melanoma.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Arenbergerová
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fialová
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Pojezná
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Šefrnová
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Arenberger
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Havránková
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Vedral
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Šimková
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Košťálová
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy; D046169:Dermoscopy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008197:Lymph Node Excision; D008545:Melanoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery; D021701:Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy; D014846:Vulvar Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D055815:Young Adult