[Primary malignant melanoma of the uterine cervix].

A melanoma of the uterine cervix, 4 mm in diameter, considered primary, in a 44-year-old pluripara is described. She was subjected to hysterectomy coupled with adnexectomy and also to BCG immunotherapy. A year following the beginning of the therapy she is without any symptom of the disease. The rarity of the tumour in this localization is pointed out, and a short review is given of the cases reported in the literature, including those of benign melanosis and "blue nevus". The histogenesis and cytologic diagnosis are discussed, as well as therapeutic possibilities. Emphasis is laid on the varying biological behaviour of the tumour which prevents the assessment of the therapy with regard to the possibility of a very late development of metastases.