title: Primary malignant melanoma of left buccal mucosa with metastasis in thyroid: a case report.
abstract: Primary oral malignant melanomas are rare with an incidence of .2 to 8% of all melanomas. Less than 1% of them arise on buccal mucosa. Grossly they arise as a black macule with irregular borders & are commonly of mucosal lentiginous type. They appear at a higher stage and are aggressive with a 5 yr survival rate of 10-25%. 39% of metastasis in thyroid occur from skin (melanomas) and melanomas produce a thyroid mass while the original source remains occult. We report a case of oral malignant melanoma of left buccal mucosa for its rarity and its spread to cervical lymph nodes and thyroid.
authors: Department of Pathology, K.I.M.S., Karad, Maharashtra. leelak@rediffmail.com
authors: S R
authors: SR
authors: Desai
authors: N N
authors: NN
authors: Angarkar
authors: N J
authors: NJ
authors: Patil
authors: V D
authors: VD
authors: Dombale
authors: S R
authors: SR
authors: Kulkarni
mesh_terms: D002610:Cheek; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008545:Melanoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000556:secondary*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009061:Mouth Mucosa; D009062:Mouth Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000556:secondary*