TY - JOUR
T1 - A Case Report of Primary Recurrent Malignant Melanoma of the Urinary Bladder
AU - Truong, Hong
AU - Sundi, Debasish
AU - Sopko, Nikolai
AU - Xing, Dongmei
AU - Lipson, Evan J.
AU - Bivalacqua, Trinity J.
PY - 2013/12
Y1 - 2013/12
N2 - Primary malignant melanoma of the urinary bladder is a rare neoplasm, with only 19 cases reported to date. We present a case report of an 84-year-old woman who underwent transurethral resection of a mucosal melanoma of bladder origin. She had no previous or concurrent diagnosis of cutaneous melanoma. The patient underwent transurethral resection of the tumor 5 months before presentation at our center with a recurrent, muscle-invasive tumor located in the bladder trigone, with evidence of bone metastasis. Malignant melanoma of the urinary bladder carries a poor prognosis and poses a therapeutic challenge to urologists who manage patients with this rare disease.
AB - Primary malignant melanoma of the urinary bladder is a rare neoplasm, with only 19 cases reported to date. We present a case report of an 84-year-old woman who underwent transurethral resection of a mucosal melanoma of bladder origin. She had no previous or concurrent diagnosis of cutaneous melanoma. The patient underwent transurethral resection of the tumor 5 months before presentation at our center with a recurrent, muscle-invasive tumor located in the bladder trigone, with evidence of bone metastasis. Malignant melanoma of the urinary bladder carries a poor prognosis and poses a therapeutic challenge to urologists who manage patients with this rare disease.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.eucr.2013.10.002
DO - 10.1016/j.eucr.2013.10.002
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84892741925
SN - 2214-4420
VL - 1
SP - 2
EP - 4
JO - Urology Case Reports
JF - Urology Case Reports
IS - 1
ER -