저자들은 1983년 11월 본원 산부인과에서 수술후 병리조직검사로 확인된 원발성 질혹색종 1예를 경험하였기에 문헌고찰과 함계 보고하는 바이다.

Vaginal melanoma has been considered in the past to be always secondary since it had been accpted that melanocytes did not occur in the vagina This objection is no longer valid Melanocytes are present in 3% of vaginas. Their presene provides a theoretic cell or origin for malignant melanoma of the vagina Primary malignant melanomal of the vagina is extremly rare disease and the prognosis of the patient bearing malignant malanoma of the vagina is very poor inspite of variety of therapeutic measures. A caes of primary malignant melanoma of the vagina we experienced was presented with a brief review of literature.