Malignant melanomas of female urethra

Urology. 1987 May;29(5):562-5. doi: 10.1016/0090-4295(87)90055-0.

Abstract

Primary melanoma of the female urethra is extremely rare. Treatment by surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy has been uniformly ineffective. We herein report on 2 patients with primary malignant melanoma of the urethra treated with immunotherapy and chemotherapy. The first patient died four years after the initial diagnosis, and the second died after two years. Chemo-immunotherapy may be considered as an additional, palliative form of treatment in the management of primary melanoma of the female urethra, but cystourethrectomy should be the initial form of treatment.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use*
  • BCG Vaccine / administration & dosage
  • Combined Modality Therapy
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Liver Neoplasms / secondary
  • Lung Neoplasms / secondary
  • Melanoma / pathology
  • Melanoma / therapy*
  • Neoplasm Invasiveness
  • Palliative Care
  • Urethral Neoplasms / pathology
  • Urethral Neoplasms / therapy*
  • Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / pathology

Substances

  • BCG Vaccine