Metastatic malignant melanoma in an endometrial polyp

Keely Ulmer; Jennifer Powers; Audai Alrwashdeh; Abbey Hardy-Fairbanks

doi:10.5070/D3274053161

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Metastatic malignant melanoma in an endometrial polyp

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Metastatic malignant melanoma in an endometrial polyp

Keely Ulmer, Jennifer Powers, Audai Alrwashdeh and Abbey Hardy-Fairbanks

Dermatology online journal, Vol.27(4), 11

04/15/2021

DOI: 10.5070/D3274053161

PMID: 33999583

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Abstract

Melanocytic metastasis to gynecologic organs is rare with most metastases to the ovaries. Metastases to the uterus, or in this case report, a uterine polyp, is exceedingly rare with only 17 cases reported in the literature. Post-menopausal bleeding is the most common presentation of metastatic melanoma in the endometrium, followed by uterine bleeding or abnormal postnatal bleeding in the premenopausal population. We present an 81-year-old woman with metastatic melanoma confined to an endometrial polyp leading to the diagnosis of widespread dissemination of the patient's acral melanoma resected 6 years prior. Although rare, metastatic melanoma should be considered as a cause for abnormal bleeding, especially in the post-menopausal patient with a history of melanoma.

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Title: Subtitle: Metastatic malignant melanoma in an endometrial polyp
Creators: Keely Ulmer
Jennifer Powers
Audai Alrwashdeh
Abbey Hardy-Fairbanks - University of Iowa
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Dermatology online journal, Vol.27(4), 11
DOI: 10.5070/D3274053161
PMID: 33999583
NLM abbreviation: Dermatol Online J
ISSN: 1087-2108
eISSN: 1087-2108
Language: English
Date published: 04/15/2021
Academic Unit: Dermatology; Obstetrics and Gynecology
Record Identifier: 9984318324102771

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