Primary malignant melanoma of the vagina: A case report and review of literature.
A 60 year old woman presented in gynecology department with bleeding per vagina and subsequently histotpathologically, it was diagnosed as malignant melanoma of the vagina. She underwent excision biopsy. On metastatic work-up, Positron emission tomography (PET) scan proved that she had distant metastasis and received palliative radiotherapy and chemotherapy, with temozolamide. She is alive after one year.
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, NRS Medical College, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
Snehamay
S
Chaudhuri
Department of Radiotherapy, NRS Medical College, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
Diptimay
D
Das
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, NRS Medical College, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
Soham
S
Chowdhury
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, NRS Medical College, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
Anjan Das
AD
Gupta
Malignant melanoma; melanoma; vagina