title: Oral melanoma: an unusual presentation.
abstract: Melanoma of the oral cavity is a rare malignant disease that is often discovered in an advanced stage; survival time is an average of five years. Oral melanoma makes up from 0.2 to 8 percent of all melanomas. The presentation of this clinical case demonstrates the complexity of clinical and histopathological manifestations and poor prognosis of oral melanoma.
authors.affiliation: Universidade do Grande Rio, Brasil.
authors.forename: Nara Lidia
authors.initials: NL
authors.lastname: Lessa
authors.forename: Andrea Braga
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Moleri
authors.forename: Flavio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Merly
authors.forename: Luiz Carlos
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Moreira
authors.forename: Mirian Jordao
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Moreira
authors.forename: Heliton Spindola
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Antunes
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008545:Melanoma / Q000473:pathology*; D010157:Palatal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*