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Primary malignant melanoma of the urethra.

Katz EE, Suzue K, Wille MA, Krausz T, Rapp DE, Sokoloff MH

Department of Surgery, Section of Urology, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA.

Primary malignant melanoma of the urethra is an aggressive neoplasm associated with a poor prognosis. The outcome is dependent on early diagnosis and surgical intervention. However, the diagnosis is often delayed as a result of difficulties related to differentiating this lesion from other disorders. Such difficulties result from the variety of clinical and pathologic presentations that are common to melanoma. We report a case of primary malignant melanoma of the urethra with subsequent retrograde seeding of the bladder initially diagnosed and managed as invasive urothelial carcinoma.

Published 14 February 2005 in Urology, 65(2): 389.
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