A Case of Malignant Melanoma of the Uterine Cervix
*Corresponding Author: Mosse Wilfried BA, Department of Radiation Oncology, Mohamed V University, Rabat, Morocco, Tel: 698912749, Email: mossleboss2@gmail.comReceived Date: Dec 27, 2019 / Published Date: Aug 16, 2022
Citation: Wilfried MBA, Houessou O, Gael KG, Kacemi HE, Kebdani T, et al. (2022) A Case of Malignant Melanoma of the Uterine Cervix. J Oncol Res Treat 7: 184.
Copyright: © 2022 Wilfried MBA, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Abstract
Malignant melanoma of the cervix uteri is a rare cancer. It constitutes less than 2% of cases of malignant melanoma of the genital tract.
We reported a 52 years old woman with a 4-month history of peri-menopausal bleeding and leucorrhea. She had no medical history. The pathology of cervical punch biopsy showed malignant melanoma; the nuclei are frankly enlarged, rounded or oval, rarely irregular and always hyperchromatic with prominent nucleoli. There are some atypical mitoses and important melanic deposits. The final diagnosis was stage IIA1 primary cervical melanoma with involvement of the vaginal wall according to the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics staging system (FIGO). She underwent a total colpohysterectomy expanded to the left lateral wall and the posterior wall of the vagina without pelvic lymph node dissection. The patient further underwent adjuvant fractionated radiotherapy to the pelvis with a dose of 50Gy; 2Gy/fraction, 5 sessions per week in 5 weeks.
In general, the prognosis of primary cervical melanoma is poor, because it is diagnosed at an advanced stage.