title: Melanotic neuroectodermal tumour of infancy (progonoma).
abstract: A case of Melanotic neuroectodermal tumour of infancy (melanotic progonoma, melanoameloblastoma, retinal anlarge tumour) presenting as tumour of maxilla in a female infant is reported. Clinically a teratoma was suspected but ultrasound shoved it a solid mass. At exploration, characteristic melanotic pigmentation clinched the diagnosis which was later confirmed by histopathological examination.
authors.affiliation: M.P. Shah Medical College, Jamnagar.
authors.forename: R V
authors.initials: RV
authors.lastname: Patel
authors.forename: N N
authors.initials: NN
authors.lastname: Balar
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008441:Maxillary Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D009373:Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*