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A Case Report of Oral Malignant Melanoma: A Silent Killer

Melanoma of the oral cavity is a rare malignant tumor that develops from a malignant melanocytic or de novo from melanocytes within the normal mucosa or skin and appears blue, black, or reddish-brown. Oral mucosal melanoma has a higher proclivity for metastasis and attacks tissue more aggressively t...

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Autores principales: Kukde, Monal M, Madurwar, Anil U, Selokar, Deepak S, Noman, Obaid
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10124672/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37102023
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.36671
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author Kukde, Monal M
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description Melanoma of the oral cavity is a rare malignant tumor that develops from a malignant melanocytic or de novo from melanocytes within the normal mucosa or skin and appears blue, black, or reddish-brown. Oral mucosal melanoma has a higher proclivity for metastasis and attacks tissue more aggressively than any other malignant tumor in the mouth. Intestinal melanoma of the head and neck is an uncommon type of cancer that should be counted among the deadliest. Malignant melanoma of the oral cavity accounts for only 0.2%-8.0% of all reported melanoma, although accounting for 1.3% of all malignancies. Because most melanotic mucosal lesions are painless at first, the diagnosis is sometimes delayed until the ulcer or growth causes symptoms. Early detection is critical for effective therapy and the only way to improve survival and prognosis in patients with oral malignant melanoma due to its poor prognosis. To avoid oral melanomas, every single colored lesion identified in the oral cavity should be treated with suspicion and adequate inquiry because a colored lesion might expand, and it should be referred for a biopsy to avoid poisoning. This article shows how the oral clinic is important in the diagnosis of oral ulcers and argues that early detection is necessary to enhance patient outcomes.
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spelling pubmed-101246722023-04-25 A Case Report of Oral Malignant Melanoma: A Silent Killer Kukde, Monal M Madurwar, Anil U Selokar, Deepak S Noman, Obaid Cureus Dentistry Melanoma of the oral cavity is a rare malignant tumor that develops from a malignant melanocytic or de novo from melanocytes within the normal mucosa or skin and appears blue, black, or reddish-brown. Oral mucosal melanoma has a higher proclivity for metastasis and attacks tissue more aggressively than any other malignant tumor in the mouth. Intestinal melanoma of the head and neck is an uncommon type of cancer that should be counted among the deadliest. Malignant melanoma of the oral cavity accounts for only 0.2%-8.0% of all reported melanoma, although accounting for 1.3% of all malignancies. Because most melanotic mucosal lesions are painless at first, the diagnosis is sometimes delayed until the ulcer or growth causes symptoms. Early detection is critical for effective therapy and the only way to improve survival and prognosis in patients with oral malignant melanoma due to its poor prognosis. To avoid oral melanomas, every single colored lesion identified in the oral cavity should be treated with suspicion and adequate inquiry because a colored lesion might expand, and it should be referred for a biopsy to avoid poisoning. This article shows how the oral clinic is important in the diagnosis of oral ulcers and argues that early detection is necessary to enhance patient outcomes. Cureus 2023-03-25 /pmc/articles/PMC10124672/ /pubmed/37102023 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.36671 Text en Copyright © 2023, Kukde et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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title_short A Case Report of Oral Malignant Melanoma: A Silent Killer
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10124672/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37102023
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.36671
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