[Primary metastatic urethral melanoma: a case study]. / Mélanome primitif de l'urètre découvert au stade métastatique: à propos d'un cas.
Prog Urol
; 20(1): 80-2, 2010 Jan.
Article
en Fr
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-20123533
ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
Primary urethral melanoma is a rare pathology for which treatment strategies are controversial. The aim of this work was to report a case of metastatic primary urethral melanoma, and to discuss recent data available from literature. MATERIAL ANDMETHOD:
Case study was summarized from the patient's medical chart. Review of literature was performed using the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) database.RESULTS:
We reported the case of an 89-year-old woman who died from a primary metastatic melanoma of the urethra. This pathology encounters for less than 1% of melanomas and has an adverse prognosis. In case of metastasis, specific survival is only of a few months. When localized to the urethra, treatment relies on radical urethrectomy, followed by adjuvant chemo- and immunotherapy.CONCLUSIONS:
The modalities of treatment of primary urethral melanoma rely only on reported case studies. When diagnosed at the metastatic stage, reported specific survival does not exceed a few months.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Neoplasias Uretrales
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Melanoma
Tipo de estudio:
Prognostic_studies
Límite:
Aged80
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Female
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Humans
Idioma:
Fr
Revista:
Prog Urol
Asunto de la revista:
UROLOGIA
Año:
2010
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Francia
Pais de publicación:
FR
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FRANCE
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FRANCIA
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FRANÇA