[A case of vulvar melanoma: surgical strategy and five years follow-up]

E Migliano; C Monarca; M Tedesco; M I Rizzo; S Bucher

[A case of vulvar melanoma: surgical strategy and five years follow-up]

G Chir. 2008 Apr;29(4):162-4.

[Article in Italian]

Authors

E Migliano¹, C Monarca, M Tedesco, M I Rizzo, S Bucher

Affiliation

¹ Dipartimento di Chirurgia Plastica Riconstruttiva, IRCCS San Gallicano, Istituto IFO, Roma.

PMID: 18419981

Abstract

We report a case of a woman with vulvar melanoma, arisen from a plane melanocytic lesion, extended from clitoris to the left minor labium. After diagnostic biopsy, a preoperative lymphoscintigraphy with 99m-Tc nanocolloid was performed. Surgery consisted in a radical vulvectomy, radio-controlled lymphadenectomy and vulvar reconstruction by two bilateral subgluteus soft-tissue flaps, anastomosing the urethral and vaginal stumps. Five years follow-up was negative for neoplastic recurrence.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Biopsy, Needle
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Lymph Node Excision
Melanoma / diagnosis
Melanoma / diagnostic imaging
Melanoma / surgery*
Middle Aged
Preoperative Care
Radionuclide Imaging
Radiopharmaceuticals
Surgical Flaps*
Surgical Procedures, Operative / methods*
Technetium Tc 99m Aggregated Albumin
Treatment Outcome
Vulvar Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
Vulvar Neoplasms / pathology
Vulvar Neoplasms / surgery*

Substances

Radiopharmaceuticals
Technetium Tc 99m Aggregated Albumin
technetium Tc 99m nanocolloid