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Oral malignant melanoma: A case report with review of literature
Oral mucosal melanoma is a rare malignancy with the tendency to metastasize and locally invade tissues more readily than other malignant tumor of the oral cavity. It occurs approximately four times more frequently in the oral mucosa of the upper jaw usually on the palate or alveolar gingiva. The cha...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4147826/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25191086 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0976-237X.137978 |
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author | Manigandan, T. Sagar, G. Vikram Amudhan, A. Hemalatha, V. T. Babu, N. Aravinda |
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description | Oral mucosal melanoma is a rare malignancy with the tendency to metastasize and locally invade tissues more readily than other malignant tumor of the oral cavity. It occurs approximately four times more frequently in the oral mucosa of the upper jaw usually on the palate or alveolar gingiva. The chameleonic presentation of malignant melanoma, its asymptomatic condition, rarity of the lesion, poor prognosis and the necessity of a highly specialized treatment are factors that should be seriously considered by the involved health care provider. Herein we report a rare and interesting case of oral malignant melanoma of the maxillary anterior gingiva, which was clinically and histopathologically diagnosed with a brief review of literature, has been discussed. |
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spelling | pubmed-41478262014-09-04 Oral malignant melanoma: A case report with review of literature Manigandan, T. Sagar, G. Vikram Amudhan, A. Hemalatha, V. T. Babu, N. Aravinda Contemp Clin Dent Case Report Oral mucosal melanoma is a rare malignancy with the tendency to metastasize and locally invade tissues more readily than other malignant tumor of the oral cavity. It occurs approximately four times more frequently in the oral mucosa of the upper jaw usually on the palate or alveolar gingiva. The chameleonic presentation of malignant melanoma, its asymptomatic condition, rarity of the lesion, poor prognosis and the necessity of a highly specialized treatment are factors that should be seriously considered by the involved health care provider. Herein we report a rare and interesting case of oral malignant melanoma of the maxillary anterior gingiva, which was clinically and histopathologically diagnosed with a brief review of literature, has been discussed. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014 /pmc/articles/PMC4147826/ /pubmed/25191086 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0976-237X.137978 Text en Copyright: © Contemporary Clinical Dentistry 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. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Manigandan, T. Sagar, G. Vikram Amudhan, A. Hemalatha, V. T. Babu, N. Aravinda Oral malignant melanoma: A case report with review of literature |
title | Oral malignant melanoma: A case report with review of literature |
title_full | Oral malignant melanoma: A case report with review of literature |
title_fullStr | Oral malignant melanoma: A case report with review of literature |
title_full_unstemmed | Oral malignant melanoma: A case report with review of literature |
title_short | Oral malignant melanoma: A case report with review of literature |
title_sort | oral malignant melanoma: a case report with review of literature |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4147826/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25191086 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0976-237X.137978 |
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