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https://doi.org/10.20471/acc.2019.58.01.23

Primary Malignant Melanoma of the Urinary Bladder: Case Report

Monica Kirigin ; Ljudevit Jurak Department of Pathology, Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Centre, Zagreb, Croatia
Cvjetko Lež ; Department of Pathology, Zabok General Hospital, Zabok, Croatia
Božena Šarčević ; Ljudevit Jurak Department of Pathology, Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Centre, Zagreb, Croatia; Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Šoip Šoipi ; Department of Urology, Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Centre, Zagreb, Croatia
Goran Jaić ; Department of Urology, Zabok General Hospital, Zabok, Croatia
Monika Ulamec ; Ljudevit Jurak Department of Pathology, Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Centre, Zagreb, Croatia; Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Božo Krušlin ; Ljudevit Jurak Department of Pathology, Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Centre, Zagreb, Croatia; Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia

Abstract

Primary malignant melanoma of the urinary bladder is rare, with only 20 cases reported to date. We present a case of an 87-year-old woman with multiple comorbidities who presented with advanced urinary bladder neoplasm. Histopathologic analysis suggested melanoma of the urinary bladder. No previous or concurrent diagnosis of cutaneous melanoma was documented. The patient underwent transurethral resection of the tumor before and during hospitalization at our hospital but died shortly after due to widespread disease. Autopsy was not performed.

Keywords

Urinary bladder; Melanoma; Urinary bladder neoplasms – surgery; Urologic surgical procedures – methods; Case reports

Hrčak ID:

220917

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/220917

Publication date:

1.3.2019.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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