Vulvar malignant melanoma is a rare disease and poses a serious problem for women's health. This pathology is characterized by a high degree of malignancy and an unfavorable prognosis. The article presents a clinical observation demonstrating the possibilities of cytological examination to detect vulvar melanoma in a 67-year-old patient.
Svetlana A. Skugar-Skvarskaya – biologist, the Yudin’s Clinical Hospital of the Moscow Health Department, Moscow, Russia. E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Andrey А. Kireev – MD, PhD, Cytopathologist, Cytological Laboratory of the Yudin’s Clinical Hospital of the Moscow Health Department, Moscow, Russia; Russian Medical Academy of Continuing Professional Education of the Russian Ministry of Health, Moscow, Russia. E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Shakhlo M. Dostieva – gynecologist at the antenatal clinic No. 16 of the Yudin’s Clinical Hospital of the Moscow Health Department, postgraduate student of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Medical Institute of the ‘Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia, Moscow, Russia. E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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