Primary Malignant Melanoma of Male urether
Article published in Urologia Polska 1993/46/3.

authors

Jan Faryna ¹, Jacek S. Kossakowski ²: ¹ Z Zakładu Patomorfologii Państwowego Szpitala Klinicznego Nr 1 Centrum Medycznego
Kształcenia Podyplomowego (CMKP) w Warszawie
Kierownik Dr n. med. K. Bardadin
² Z Kliniki Urologii CMKP w Warszawie
Kierownik Prof. dr med. Mirosław Kazoń

A case report of 51 y.o. man with primary malignat melanoma of the urethre is presented.

Partial penilectomy was done. After 18-th month lung and skin metastases were discover, which

were resected surgically. After 3 years disseminated metastases are obserwed. Diagnostic

dificulties either cytological or histopathological are discussed. Final diagnosis was created based

on immunological techniąues with the use of monoclonal antibodies.

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dr med. Jan Faryna
Zakład Patomorfologii PSK nr 1 im. Prof. W. Orłowskiego
ul. Czerniakowska 231, 00-416 Warszawa