Melanoma of Oral, Genital and Anorectal Mucous Menbrane

• Autor(a) principal: Mauad, Edmundo C.
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Gomes, Uilho A., Gonçalves, Miguel Aboriham, Hidalgo, Geraldo Santiago, Almeida, José Reynaldo W., Boldrini, Domingos
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Brasileira de Cancerologia (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://rbc.inca.gov.br/index.php/revista/article/view/3415
• topic: Melanoma; Membrana Mucosa; Oral; Genital; Anorretal; Melanoma; Mucous Membrane; Oral; Genital; Anorectal

Between 1970 and 1997, 411 patients were diagnosed with malignant melanoma at the São Judas Tadeu Hospital, in Barretos. In 7 (1,7%) cases the tumor affected the mucous membrane and the respectives charts were analysed for the writing of this paper. There were 4 anorectal tumors, 2 vulvovaginal ones and one was in the palatal region; 6 patients were male and 1 female, with ages varying from 31 to 84 years (mean = 61 years). Only one patient had a local tumor (still alive after almost 5 years), 4 had regional disease (all died within 3 years of diagnosis), and 2 had metastases (dead wtthin a year). The treatments varied according to the stage of the disease. The data points to a poor prognosis of the melanoma of mucous memhrane, wich usually is diagnosed in late stages, in advanced and, often, with metastasis.