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Ultrasonographic evaluation of a uterine malignant melanoma presenting as a large pelvic mass
Author(s) -
Varras Michail,
Kassanos Demetrios,
Tzaida Olympia,
Bournas Nikolaos,
Panagiotopoulos Nikolaos,
Chrelias Charalambos,
Salamalekis Emmanuel
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
journal of clinical ultrasound
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.272
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1097-0096
pISSN - 0091-2751
DOI - 10.1002/jcu.20143
Subject(s) - medicine , uterus , melanoma , endometrium , radiology , pathology , gynecology , cancer research
The uterus is an extremely rare location for a primary or metastatic melanoma. We describe the ultrasonographic appearance of a malignant melanoma of the uterus presenting clinically as a large mass in a 78‐year‐old woman. Transabdominal sonography revealed a solid uterine mass measuring 13 × 11.5 × 8.5 cm with inhomogeneous echotexture and bright internal echoes. The tumor showed a diffuse spread inside the uterine corpus, and the endometrium was not demonstrated ultrasonographically. © 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Ultrasound 33: 424–427, 2005