Malignant melanoma of the tongue following low-dose radiation.
A 47-year-old man had a spindly malignant melanoma of the tongue many years after low-dose radiation therapy for lichen planus. To our knowledge, only 12 melanomas of the tongue have been reported previously, and in none of these was radiation documented.
D004307:Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000209:etiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011878:Radiotherapy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D014060:Tongue Diseases / Q000209:etiology*