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A 3D Organotypic Melanoma Spheroid Skin Model
Published on: May 18, 2018
[Primary malignant melanoma of the female urethra]
V García Riestra1, M L Fernández García, M Varela Salgado
1Servicio de Urología, Hospital Montecelo, Pontevedra, España.
Archivos Espanoles De Urologia
|May 1, 1995
Abstract
Objectives:
Primary malignant melanoma of the female urethra is a very uncommon tumor type that carries a poor prognosis. An additional case is reported herein.
Methods/Results:
A case of primary malignant melanoma in the advanced stages is described.
Conclusions:
Several treatment options have been reported in the literature. The age of our patient, the presence of inguinal involvement and local invasion prompted us to choose symptomatic treatment.
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