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Primary Malignant Melanoma of Maxilla: Report of a Case with Discussion
Primary oral malignant melanoma, very rare neoplasm of melanocytic origin, usually presents as a bluish black to tan-brown colored lesion Which is accounting for 0.2 to 8% of all melanomas, 1.6% of all head and neck malignancies, and 0.5% of all oral neoplasia. In general, the prognosis of oral mela...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4248399/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25642350 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/624306 |
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author | Rani, G. Shirisha Kumar, T. Vinay Kolasani, Balaram Begum, Md Rezwana Priya Srinivasan, Anu |
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description | Primary oral malignant melanoma, very rare neoplasm of melanocytic origin, usually presents as a bluish black to tan-brown colored lesion Which is accounting for 0.2 to 8% of all melanomas, 1.6% of all head and neck malignancies, and 0.5% of all oral neoplasia. In general, the prognosis of oral melanoma is poor and worse than that of cutaneous melanoma. Here a case of oral malignant melanoma is presented, which was undetected during the first visit to a dental clinic. When a simple oral surgical treatment was carried out in that region, it resulted in the appearance of a massive pigmented lesion which was histopathologically diagnosed as malignant melanoma. This paper is presented to reemphasize the fact that any pigmented lesion in the oral cavity should be viewed with suspicion and proper investigation (biopsy) should be carried out to rule out any untoward experiences later. |
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spelling | pubmed-42483992015-02-01 Primary Malignant Melanoma of Maxilla: Report of a Case with Discussion Rani, G. Shirisha Kumar, T. Vinay Kolasani, Balaram Begum, Md Rezwana Priya Srinivasan, Anu Case Rep Dent Case Report Primary oral malignant melanoma, very rare neoplasm of melanocytic origin, usually presents as a bluish black to tan-brown colored lesion Which is accounting for 0.2 to 8% of all melanomas, 1.6% of all head and neck malignancies, and 0.5% of all oral neoplasia. In general, the prognosis of oral melanoma is poor and worse than that of cutaneous melanoma. Here a case of oral malignant melanoma is presented, which was undetected during the first visit to a dental clinic. When a simple oral surgical treatment was carried out in that region, it resulted in the appearance of a massive pigmented lesion which was histopathologically diagnosed as malignant melanoma. This paper is presented to reemphasize the fact that any pigmented lesion in the oral cavity should be viewed with suspicion and proper investigation (biopsy) should be carried out to rule out any untoward experiences later. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014 2014-11-17 /pmc/articles/PMC4248399/ /pubmed/25642350 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/624306 Text en Copyright © 2014 G. Shirisha Rani et al. 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 Rani, G. Shirisha Kumar, T. Vinay Kolasani, Balaram Begum, Md Rezwana Priya Srinivasan, Anu Primary Malignant Melanoma of Maxilla: Report of a Case with Discussion |
title | Primary Malignant Melanoma of Maxilla: Report of a Case with Discussion |
title_full | Primary Malignant Melanoma of Maxilla: Report of a Case with Discussion |
title_fullStr | Primary Malignant Melanoma of Maxilla: Report of a Case with Discussion |
title_full_unstemmed | Primary Malignant Melanoma of Maxilla: Report of a Case with Discussion |
title_short | Primary Malignant Melanoma of Maxilla: Report of a Case with Discussion |
title_sort | primary malignant melanoma of maxilla: report of a case with discussion |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4248399/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25642350 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/624306 |
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