title: [Malignant melanoma of the pinna. Importance of its diagnosis, treatment and prognostic factors].
abstract: About 25%-30% of the primary malignant melanomas occur in the head and neck region and of these less than 10% arise on the external ear, mainly on helix and the lobule of the pinna. Melanoma thickness and nodal or distant metastases are advers factors for its prognosis. We report a case of a tumor that affected the right pinna and was removed by our ENT, department with good evolution, being the patient free of disease after 5 years follow-up.
authors.affiliation: Facultativo Especialista de Otorrinolaringología, Complejo Hospitalario Infanta Cristina. vicentepinorivero@terra.com
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Pino Rivero
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: González Palomino
authors.forename: C G
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Pantoja Hernández
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Mora Santos
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Trinidad Ramos
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gómez Tejada de Romero
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Blasco Huelva
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004428:Ear Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D004431:Ear, External / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D011379:Prognosis; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome