title: [Nasopharyngeal melanoma: a case report].
abstract: The AA. present a case of disseminated primitive melanoma of the rhinopharynx. The main difficulty was to establish the differential diagnosis, owing to the rarity of this tumor's type in such a sitting. The patient showed intracranial metastases which took him to death in a short term.
authors.affiliation: Hospital Sta. María del Rosell, Cartagena.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Esteban Sánchez
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Díaz Caparrós
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Castaño Zapatero
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Piles Galdón
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Calero del Castillo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004358:Drug Therapy; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008543:Melanins / Q000032:analysis; D008544:Melanocytes / Q000737:chemistry / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008545:Melanoma / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D009303:Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D009305:Nasopharynx / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D008543:Melanins
vernacular_title: Melanoma de nasofaringe. A propósito de un caso.