Primary malignant melanoma of the uterine cervix treated with radical surgery and adjuvant chemo-radiation using temozolomide and cisplatin: a case report

Authors

  • Goter Doke Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, TRIHMS, Naharlagun, Arunachal Pradesh, India
  • Shyam Tsering Department of Radiotherapy, TRIHMS, Naharlagun, Arunachal Pradesh, India
  • Hage Nobin Department of Pathology, TRIHMS, Naharlagun, Arunachal Pradesh, India
  • Dacto Gara Department of Surgical Oncology, TRIHMS, Naharlagun, Arunachal Pradesh, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18203/2320-1770.ijrcog20193570

Keywords:

Cervix, Cisplatin, Primary malignant melanoma, Temozolamide

Abstract

Primary malignant melanoma of the uterine cervix is a rare neoplasm and the overall prognosis of patients with this disease is very poor. Herein, authors report a case of 45-year-old woman who presented with vaginal bleeding for one months and examination showed an exophytic, 6 cm polypoid blackish-pigmented tumor on the cervix involving vaginal fornix. She underwent abdominal radical hysterectomy with bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy and pelvic lymphadenectomy and further received adjuvant concurrent chemo-radiation with cisplatin (CDDP) and temozolamide but died 7 months after surgery.

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2019-07-26

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