title: [Melanoma of the mucosa of the mouth and upper respiratory tract].
abstract: 3 cases of extracutaneous melanoma are described: those of the alveolar process of maxilla, nose septum and ethmoidal cavity. Clinical symptoms were nose haemorrhages, difficulties of the nose respiration, pains in the month. Histologically melanomas were of a typical structure being formed of the epithelioid and naevus-like cells with high content of melanine with an extra- and intracellular location.
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Nepomniashchaia
authors.forename: P V
authors.initials: PV
authors.lastname: Svetitskiĭ
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Birina
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000473:pathology*; D009061:Mouth Mucosa / Q000473:pathology; D009062:Mouth Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D009300:Nasal Septum / Q000473:pathology; D009669:Nose Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*
vernacular_title: Melanoma slizistoĭ polosti rta i verkhnikh dykhatel'nykh puteĭ.