[Cytologic diagnosis of malignant melanomas of the female genital tract (author's transl)].

From 1969-1978 3 primary malignant melanomas of the vulva and 2 metastatic melanomas of the cervix were detected among 148,000 gynaecological cytosmears. Two melanomas of the vulva were diagnosed primarily by cytology because melanin was found. In the metastatic melanomas the primary site was known in one case. In the other case the primary malignancy of the skin was detected when the cytosmear from the cervix was diagnostic of matastatic melanoma. The literature and the personal experience on the possibilities of the cytological diagnosis of melanomas are discussed.