A Rare Case of Vulvar Melanoma in a Young Woman Who Frequently Tanned in Tanning Parlors

Pawelec, Małgorzata; Karmowski, A; Karmowski, Mikołaj

doi:10.1001/archdermatol.2009.395

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“…There is a single case report, however, of a vulvar melanoma with a Breslow thickness of 5.4 mm arising in a 24-year-old woman with extended indoor tanning bed use. 57 …”

Section: Vulvar Melanoma Epidemiology and Pathogenesismentioning

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Vulvar nevi, melanosis, and melanoma: An epidemiologic, clinical, and histopathologic review

Murzaku

Penn

Hale

et al. 2014

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

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“…There is a single case report, however, of a vulvar melanoma with a Breslow thickness of 5.4 mm arising in a 24-year-old woman with extended indoor tanning bed use. 57 …”

Section: Vulvar Melanoma Epidemiology and Pathogenesismentioning

confidence: 99%

Vulvar nevi, melanosis, and melanoma: An epidemiologic, clinical, and histopathologic review

Murzaku

Penn

Hale

et al. 2014

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

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Diseases of the anogenital skin

Calonje¹,

Neill²,

Bunker³

et al. 2012

McKee's Pathology of the Skin

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Recurrent Vulvar Melanoma in 35-Year-Old Pregnant Women

Dyduch

Jach

Huras

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Journal of Lower Genital Tract Disease

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Vulvar melanoma represents between 3% and 10% of vulvar neoplasms. We present a case of a 34-year-old pregnant woman presenting with a pigmented lesion on the left labium majus; she reported no family history of melanoma. The histological diagnosis was malignant melanoma, superficial spreading type, with Breslow thickness of 0.9 mm; the excision was complete. Eight months before, an atypical genital nevus was completely excised from a nearby location. The pregnancy was finished by cesarean delivery at term, and 3 months later, another pigmented lesion was noticed near but not within the scars. Partial right vulvectomy was performed, and histological diagnosis was malignant melanoma of superficial spreading type, with Breslow thickness of 0.7 mm. The specimen obtained in the first operation was reviewed, and although histological examination was diagnostic for atypical genital nevus, Vysis Melanoma Fluorescence in situ hybridization Probe Kit revealed increased copy numbers of RREB1, which could be consistent with a diagnosis of malignant melanoma.

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A Rare Case of Vulvar Melanoma in a Young Woman Who Frequently Tanned in Tanning Parlors

Cited by 3 publications

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Vulvar nevi, melanosis, and melanoma: An epidemiologic, clinical, and histopathologic review

Vulvar nevi, melanosis, and melanoma: An epidemiologic, clinical, and histopathologic review

Diseases of the anogenital skin

Recurrent Vulvar Melanoma in 35-Year-Old Pregnant Women

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