title: Melanosis, melanocytic hyperlasia, and primary malignant melanoma of the nasal cavity.
abstract: A primary multifocal intranasal malifnant melanoma is reported in a 54-year-old black female. Diffuse pigmentation (melanosis) of nasal and maxillary sinus mucosa corresponds histologically to hyperplasia of dendritic melanocytes, from which cells the tumor is considered to originate.
mesh_terms: D044383:Black People; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006965:Hyperplasia; D008443:Maxillary Sinus / Q000473:pathology; D008544:Melanocytes / Q000473:pathology*; D008545:Melanoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D008548:Melanosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009296:Nasal Cavity; D009297:Nasal Mucosa / Q000473:pathology; D009669:Nose Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology