Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: Background: Primary ovarian melanoma is extremely rare. Most cases are associated with a teratoma. There are no clear guidelines for treating teratomatous or non-teratomatous tumors. Objective: To report an unusual case of primary ovarian melanoma. Clinical Case: A 43-year-old woman with primary ovarian melanoma derived from a teratoma, who underwent surgery and received chemotherapy and treatment with Bacillus Calmette-Guerin; Distant recurrence associated with a second primary cutaneous melanoma developed 35 years later. Differential diagnosis is a challenge for pathologists because they must differentiate it from metastatic melanoma. Conclusions: The mainstay of treatment for this disease is surgery; however, chemotherapy, immunotherapy, and targeted therapy also appear to have an impact.
Author: Kuauhyama Luna-Ortiz
Language: English
Subfield: Oncology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4413839831