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Primary malignant mucosal melanoma of the upper lip: a case report and review of the literature

BACKGROUND: Malignant melanoma of oral cavity is a rare condition, accounting for 0.5 % of all oral malignancies and about 1–2 % of all melanomas. Oral melanomas have extremely poor prognosis with 5 years survival rate of 12.3 %. The poor prognosis compared to cutaneous melanoma may be attributed to...

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Autores principales: Sharma Lamichhane, Narayan, An, Jiping, Liu, Qilin, Zhang, Wei
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4589098/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26420268
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13104-015-1459-3