Abstract
Multifocal melanoma and melanomain situof the vulva and vagina are uncommon lesions, and our understanding of their natural history is limited. Vulvovaginal melanoma appears to be biologically different from cutaneous melanoma and has more in common with mucosal melanoma. A 60-year-old woman presented in 1977 with a pigmented vulvar lesion. Histologic examination revealed melanomain situassociated with focal invasive melanoma. She re-presented with recurrent primary melanomas arising in melanomain situin 1990 and 1998 and died of widespread metastatic melanoma in 2000. Melanomain situof the vulva and vagina is rare and appears to have a relatively slow but definite progression to invasive melanoma. All suspicious pigmented lesions in this region should be biopsied, and if multifocalin situmelanoma is identified, vulvo(vagin)ectomy should be considered.
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