TY - JOUR
T1 - Seminal vesicle metastasis of cutaneous malignant melanoma
T2 - An unusual and challenging presentation
AU - Foahom Kamwa, Alain D.
AU - Mateus, Christine
AU - Thanigasalam, Ruban
AU - Boulay-Coletta, Isabelle
AU - Duchatelle, Véronique
AU - Triller, Marie
AU - Robert, Caroline
AU - Baumert, Hervé
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 Canadian Urological Association.
PY - 2015/4/13
Y1 - 2015/4/13
N2 - Malignant melanoma is a tumour, which usually involves skin melanocytes. Involvement of the male genitourinary (GU) system by melanoma is an uncommon and challenging diagnosis. We report the first case of seminal vesicle metastasis from a primary cutaneous melanoma in a 58-year-old man, with hemospermia as the only clinical sign. This case highlights the role of multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging, as a more sensitive assessment to early detect metastatic melanoma in the GU system. The patient underwent a robot-assisted laparoscopic bilateral seminal vesiculectomy, which had good functional and oncological results and is still in complete remission at the 1-year follow-up.
AB - Malignant melanoma is a tumour, which usually involves skin melanocytes. Involvement of the male genitourinary (GU) system by melanoma is an uncommon and challenging diagnosis. We report the first case of seminal vesicle metastasis from a primary cutaneous melanoma in a 58-year-old man, with hemospermia as the only clinical sign. This case highlights the role of multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging, as a more sensitive assessment to early detect metastatic melanoma in the GU system. The patient underwent a robot-assisted laparoscopic bilateral seminal vesiculectomy, which had good functional and oncological results and is still in complete remission at the 1-year follow-up.
KW - Hemospermia
KW - Melanoma
KW - Metastasis
KW - Seminal vesicle
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84928005240&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.5489/cuaj.2172
DO - 10.5489/cuaj.2172
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84928005240
SN - 1911-6470
VL - 9
SP - E220-E223
JO - Journal of the Canadian Urological Association
JF - Journal of the Canadian Urological Association
IS - 3-4APRIL
ER -