"Vaginal Melanoma" by Brittany Gilbert, Wm Tanner Gilbert et al.
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Author Credentials

Brittany Gilbert DO Tanner Gilbert DO Ardeshir Hakam MD, MBA Lynne J. Goebel MD, FACP

Author ORCID Identifier

0000-0002-0452-2055

Keywords

vaginal melanoma, postmenopausal vaginal bleeding, treatment

Disciplines

Female Urogenital Diseases and Pregnancy Complications | Geriatrics | Medicine and Health Sciences | Neoplasms | Obstetrics and Gynecology | Oncology

Abstract

Mucosal melanomas are rare, accounting for only 1.4% of all melanomas. Only 18% of mucosal melanomas are vulvovaginal in origin, making it exceedingly rare. Mucosal melanomas typically carry a worse prognosis than those arising from cutaneous sites with a higher risk of recurrence and disseminated disease. We report a rare case of vaginal melanoma presenting as postmenopausal bleeding and discuss management of this disease.

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