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Report of a rare and aggressive case of oral malignant melanoma
BACKGROUND: Oral melanoma is a very rare malignancy with unknown etiology. Its higher incidence is between 41 and 60 years of age. A high localization of oral melanoma was found in the maxilla. Gender distribution was reported as 1:1. Oral melanoma represents 0.2% to 8% of the all the total cases of...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3576568/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22367683 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10006-012-0311-3 |
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author | Ahmadi-Motamayel, Fatemeh Falsafi, Parisa Baghaei, Fahimeh |
author_facet | Ahmadi-Motamayel, Fatemeh Falsafi, Parisa Baghaei, Fahimeh |
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description | BACKGROUND: Oral melanoma is a very rare malignancy with unknown etiology. Its higher incidence is between 41 and 60 years of age. A high localization of oral melanoma was found in the maxilla. Gender distribution was reported as 1:1. Oral melanoma represents 0.2% to 8% of the all the total cases of melanoma of the body. CASE REPORT: In this article we report an aggressive case of oral melanoma in a 71-year-old male with chief complaint of black swelling of the gingiva, paresthesia, and denture ill fitting. DISCUSSION: Most oral melanomas are asymptomatic and painless in early stages and unfortunately diagnosis delayed until symptoms occurred. Early detection of suspected melanotic lesions by patient, dentist, and physician is very important. |
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spelling | pubmed-35765682013-02-21 Report of a rare and aggressive case of oral malignant melanoma Ahmadi-Motamayel, Fatemeh Falsafi, Parisa Baghaei, Fahimeh Oral Maxillofac Surg Case Report BACKGROUND: Oral melanoma is a very rare malignancy with unknown etiology. Its higher incidence is between 41 and 60 years of age. A high localization of oral melanoma was found in the maxilla. Gender distribution was reported as 1:1. Oral melanoma represents 0.2% to 8% of the all the total cases of melanoma of the body. CASE REPORT: In this article we report an aggressive case of oral melanoma in a 71-year-old male with chief complaint of black swelling of the gingiva, paresthesia, and denture ill fitting. DISCUSSION: Most oral melanomas are asymptomatic and painless in early stages and unfortunately diagnosis delayed until symptoms occurred. Early detection of suspected melanotic lesions by patient, dentist, and physician is very important. Springer-Verlag 2012-02-25 2013-03 /pmc/articles/PMC3576568/ /pubmed/22367683 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10006-012-0311-3 Text en © Springer-Verlag 2012 |
spellingShingle | Case Report Ahmadi-Motamayel, Fatemeh Falsafi, Parisa Baghaei, Fahimeh Report of a rare and aggressive case of oral malignant melanoma |
title | Report of a rare and aggressive case of oral malignant melanoma |
title_full | Report of a rare and aggressive case of oral malignant melanoma |
title_fullStr | Report of a rare and aggressive case of oral malignant melanoma |
title_full_unstemmed | Report of a rare and aggressive case of oral malignant melanoma |
title_short | Report of a rare and aggressive case of oral malignant melanoma |
title_sort | report of a rare and aggressive case of oral malignant melanoma |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3576568/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22367683 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10006-012-0311-3 |
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