title: Mucosal melanoma: case report and review.
abstract: Mucosal melanoma is a rare form of cancer that results from an abnormal proliferation of melanocytes within mucosal surfaces of the body. Due to the limited number of cases in the general public and even fewer cases in the reported literature, it is difficult to conduct research on this cancer. The following is a case presentation of a sinonasal mucosal melanoma followed by a review of the current literature detailing the epidemiology, signs and symptoms, diagnostic methods, and various methods of treatment that are currently used to combat this illness.
authors.affiliation: Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, USA.
authors.forename: Akash
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Anand
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Long
authors.forename: Keith
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kreutziger
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008545:Melanoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery; D009297:Nasal Mucosa / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed