Amelanotic melanoma of the tongue

Malignant melanoma of the oral cavity is a rare lesion, with an incidence of about 0.2% to 0.8% of all melanomas. Melanoma of tongue is still rarer and represents less than 2% of oro-nasal melanoma cases. We report a rare case of amelanotic melanoma of the tongue in a young man. The importance of co...

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Autores principales: Venugopal, M, Renuka, IV, Bala, G Saila, Seshaiah, N
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3687165/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23798843
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0973-029X.110699
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author Venugopal, M
Renuka, IV
Bala, G Saila
Seshaiah, N
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description Malignant melanoma of the oral cavity is a rare lesion, with an incidence of about 0.2% to 0.8% of all melanomas. Melanoma of tongue is still rarer and represents less than 2% of oro-nasal melanoma cases. We report a rare case of amelanotic melanoma of the tongue in a young man. The importance of consideration of melanoma in the differential diagnosis of oral cavity lesions is discussed since mucosal melanoma carries a bad prognosis and early diagnosis is vital.
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spelling pubmed-36871652013-06-24 Amelanotic melanoma of the tongue Venugopal, M Renuka, IV Bala, G Saila Seshaiah, N J Oral Maxillofac Pathol Case Report Malignant melanoma of the oral cavity is a rare lesion, with an incidence of about 0.2% to 0.8% of all melanomas. Melanoma of tongue is still rarer and represents less than 2% of oro-nasal melanoma cases. We report a rare case of amelanotic melanoma of the tongue in a young man. The importance of consideration of melanoma in the differential diagnosis of oral cavity lesions is discussed since mucosal melanoma carries a bad prognosis and early diagnosis is vital. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013 /pmc/articles/PMC3687165/ /pubmed/23798843 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0973-029X.110699 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Venugopal, M
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title_short Amelanotic melanoma of the tongue
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3687165/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23798843
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