Anorectal and genital mucosal melanoma: diagnostic challenges, current knowledge and therapeutic opportunities of rare melanomas

M Ottaviano, EF Giunta, L Marandino, M Tortora… - Biomedicines, 2022 - mdpi.com
Mucosal melanomas (MM) are rare tumors, being less than 2% of all diagnosed melanomas,
comprising a variegated group of malignancies arising from melanocytes in virtually all …

Genital lichen sclerosus and melanoma; a systematic review

SJY Sim, K Dear, E Mastoraki, M James… - Skin Health and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Background Lichen sclerosus (LSc) is a chronic, inflammatory, destructive skin
disease with a predilection for the genitalia (GLSc). An association with vulval (Vu) and …

EANM practice guidelines for lymphoscintigraphy and sentinel lymph node biopsy in melanoma

C Bluemel, K Herrmann, F Giammarile… - European journal of …, 2015 - Springer
Purpose Sentinel lymph node biopsy is an essential staging tool in patients with clinically
localized melanoma. The harvesting of a sentinel lymph node entails a sequence of …

Mucosal malignant melanoma–a clinical, oncological, pathological and genetic survey

LH Mikkelsen, AC Larsen, C von Buchwald… - Apmis, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Mucosal melanomas constitute 1.3% of all melanomas and they may develop in any
mucosal membrane. Conjunctival melanomas (0.5/million/year) and melanomas in the …

Primary genitourinary melanoma: epidemiology and disease-specific survival in a large population-based cohort

A Sanchez, D Rodríguez, CB Allard, SK Bechis… - … Oncology: Seminars and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Background Primary genitourinary (GU) melanoma is a rare disease, which is poorly
characterized. Objective To examine clinical characteristics and survival outcomes of …

[HTML][HTML] Genitourinary melanoma: An overview for the clinician

DK DePalo, KM Elleson, MJ Carr, PE Spiess… - Asian Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Genitourinary (GU) melanoma is a rare presentation of melanoma accounting for
approximately 0.5% of all melanomas. GU melanomas include primary melanomas of the …

Urological melanoma: a comprehensive review of a rare subclass of mucosal melanoma with emphasis on differential diagnosis and therapeutic approaches

G Cazzato, A Colagrande, A Cimmino, C Caporusso… - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Mucosal melanoma accounts for only about 1% of all melanoma cases
worldwide, but achieving the correct recognition, diagnosis and prognosis is of extreme …

Demographics, Clinical Characteristics and Survival Outcomes of Primary Urinary Tract Malignant Melanoma Patients: A Population-Based Analysis

S Morra, RB Incesu, L Scheipner, A Baudo… - Cancers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Primary urinary tract malignant melanoma represents a rare malignancy.
To date, analyses exclusively addressing contemporary diagnosed patients are unavailable …

Melanoma of glans penis and urethra: A case report and systematic review of the literature of a rare and complex neoplasm

A Franceschelli, F Palmisano, G Gentile… - Urologia …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective: To evaluate the features and prognosis of melanoma of glans penis and urethra,
with the presentation of a significant case report. Materials and methods: A systematic …

[HTML][HTML] Penile melanoma: a 20-Year analysis of six patients at the National Cancer Institute of Peru, Lima

AG Jabiles, EY Del Mar, GAD Perez, FQ Vera… - …, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Melanoma of the urogenital tract is extremely rare, accounting for less than 0.1% of
melanoma cases. The global literature currently describes only 220 cases of penile …