Malignant melanoma of the mandibular gingiva

Oral malignant melanoma is an infrequent neoplasia making up less than 1% of all melanomas, which exhibits much more aggressive behavior than those found on the skin. We present an aggressive case of oral malignant melanoma located on the mandibular gingiva in a 24-year-old male patient, who develop...

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Autores principales: Fauzdar, Sandeep, Rao, Dipesh D, Arthanari, Kaneesh Karthik, Krishnan, Gopal, Naikmasur, Venkatesh G, Revanappa, Manjunatha M
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PagePress 2010
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2994515/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21139827
http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/rt.2010.e25
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Sumario:Oral malignant melanoma is an infrequent neoplasia making up less than 1% of all melanomas, which exhibits much more aggressive behavior than those found on the skin. We present an aggressive case of oral malignant melanoma located on the mandibular gingiva in a 24-year-old male patient, who developed metastases to not only the regional lymph nodes but also the lungs and liver. The advanced stage of the disease contraindicated any surgical intervention and palliative chemotherapy was planned.

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