Case Reports
Vol. 90 No. 3 (2018)
https://doi.org/10.4081/aiua.2018.3.224

Primary melanoma of the bladder: Case report and review of the literature

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Received: 16 April 2018
Published: 30 September 2018
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Bladder melanoma

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Francesco Barillaro
francesco.barillaro@asl5.liguria.it
Department of Urology, ASL 5 Spezzino. Sarzana - La Spezia, Italy.
Marco Camilli
Department of Urology, ASL 5 Spezzino. Sarzana - La Spezia, Italy.
Paolo Dessanti
Department of Pathology, ASL 5 Spezzino. La Spezia, Italy.
Nader Gorji
Department of Pathology, ASL 5 Spezzino. La Spezia, Italy.
Fabio Chiesa
Department of Radiology, ASL 5 Spezzino. Sarzana - La Spezia, Italy.
Alessandro Villa
Department of Radiology, ASL 5 Spezzino. Sarzana - La Spezia, Italy.
Alessandro Pastorino
Department of Oncology. ASL 5 Spezzino. La Spezia, Italy.
Carlo Aschele
Department of Oncology. ASL 5 Spezzino. La Spezia, Italy.
Enrico Conti
Department of Urology, ASL 5 Spezzino. Sarzana - La Spezia, Italy.
Skin melanoma represents one of the most common and lethal solid tumor. It usually develops on the skin but it can occur in any tissues with melanine- containing-cells (extracutaneous malignant melanoma). Only 4-5% of malignant melanomas originate in extracutaneous tissues, and they have an extremely lethal behavior (1). These non-skin malignant melanomas are rare but extremely aggressive. Primary melanoma of the genitourinary tract accounts for less than 0.2% of all melanomas. To date only 28 cases of primary bladder melanoma (PMM) are described. We report a rare case of PMM of the bladder in a 72 years old man treated with radical cystectomy and immunotherapy with Nivolumab.

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Primary melanoma of the bladder: Case report and review of the literature. (2018). Archivio Italiano Di Urologia E Andrologia, 90(3), 224-226. https://doi.org/10.4081/aiua.2018.3.224

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