Primary Oral Malignant Melanoma: Two Case Reports and Review of Literature

Primary malignant melanoma of the oral cavity is a rare neoplasm. The tumors tend to metastasize or locally invade tissue more readily than other malignant tumors in the oral region. The survival of patients with mucosal melanomas is less than for those with cutaneous melanomas. Tumor size and metas...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Sharma, Neeraj
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3414006/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22900212
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/975358
_version_ 1782240132693229568
author Sharma, Neeraj
author_facet Sharma, Neeraj
author_sort Sharma, Neeraj
collection PubMed
description Primary malignant melanoma of the oral cavity is a rare neoplasm. The tumors tend to metastasize or locally invade tissue more readily than other malignant tumors in the oral region. The survival of patients with mucosal melanomas is less than for those with cutaneous melanomas. Tumor size and metastases are related to the prognosis of the disease. Early detection, therefore, is important.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-3414006
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2012
publisher Hindawi Publishing Corporation
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-34140062012-08-16 Primary Oral Malignant Melanoma: Two Case Reports and Review of Literature Sharma, Neeraj Case Rep Dent Case Report Primary malignant melanoma of the oral cavity is a rare neoplasm. The tumors tend to metastasize or locally invade tissue more readily than other malignant tumors in the oral region. The survival of patients with mucosal melanomas is less than for those with cutaneous melanomas. Tumor size and metastases are related to the prognosis of the disease. Early detection, therefore, is important. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012 2012-07-30 /pmc/articles/PMC3414006/ /pubmed/22900212 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/975358 Text en Copyright © 2012 Neeraj Sharma. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Case Report
Sharma, Neeraj
Primary Oral Malignant Melanoma: Two Case Reports and Review of Literature
title Primary Oral Malignant Melanoma: Two Case Reports and Review of Literature
title_full Primary Oral Malignant Melanoma: Two Case Reports and Review of Literature
title_fullStr Primary Oral Malignant Melanoma: Two Case Reports and Review of Literature
title_full_unstemmed Primary Oral Malignant Melanoma: Two Case Reports and Review of Literature
title_short Primary Oral Malignant Melanoma: Two Case Reports and Review of Literature
title_sort primary oral malignant melanoma: two case reports and review of literature
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3414006/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22900212
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/975358
work_keys_str_mv AT sharmaneeraj primaryoralmalignantmelanomatwocasereportsandreviewofliterature

Ejemplares similares