Benign blue nevus of the vagina
β Scribed by Hector Tobon; Arthur I. Murphy
- Book ID
- 102664709
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1977
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 919 KB
- Volume
- 40
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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β¦ Synopsis
Pigmented lesions of the vagina are very rare. A benign blue nevus of the vagina in a 73-year-old woman, diagnosed clinically as malignant melanoma, is presented. Although 15 cases of blue nevi of the uterine cervix have been reported, this is the first case of blue nevus located exclusively in the vagina.
Cancer 40:3174-3176, 1977.
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