Primary melanoma of the bladder: case report and review of the literature.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Primary melanoma of the bladder is extremely rare and has been sporadically reported in case reports. Its incidence, diagnosis, treatment, and outcomes are still unclear.

Case presentation

We report a 67-year-old female patient who presented with hematuria and was diagnosed with primary melanoma of the bladder by transurethral resection. No distant metastasis was detected by fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography-computed tomography (PET-CT). After a multidisciplinary discussion, the patient received laparoscopic radical resection of the bladder tumor. There was no tumor recurrence or distant metastasis after 15 months of follow-up.

Conclusion

Primary melanoma of the bladder is easily confused with urothelium carcinoma in morphology. The immunohist

SUBMITTER: Dai JD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9454232 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature