Clinicopathologic features and surgical management in vulvovaginal melanoma – A retrospective single-center study

Vulvovaginal melanoma is associated with extremely poor survival rates and high recurrence rates, primarily involving distant metastasis. In local control, wide local excision seems to be a viable alternative to more radical surgery. Nodal status is a key prognostic factor emphasizing the importance of further research into the applicability of sentinel lymph node biopsy for vulvovaginal melanoma.