title: Suspected case of primary malignant melanoma of the parotid gland.
abstract: A patient presented with malignant melanoma of the parotid gland with no obvious primary lesions, which was treated by total parotidectomy with excision of skin. Despite radiotherapy for brain metastases and combination chemotherapy for lung and lymph node metastases, she died 13 months after the initial operation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan. tsutsu@med.hokudai.ac.jp
authors.forename: Arata
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tsutsumida
authors.forename: Yuhei
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: Mitsuru
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sekido
authors.forename: Tomoo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Itoh
mesh_terms: D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm / Q000378:metabolism; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary; D008545:Melanoma / Q000378:metabolism / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery*; D058950:Melanoma-Specific Antigens; D008875:Middle Aged; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D010306:Parotid Gland / Q000601:surgery*; D010307:Parotid Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D009418:S100 Proteins / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm; D058950:Melanoma-Specific Antigens; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D009418:S100 Proteins