Oral melanoma: an unusual presentation.
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.
Lessa
Nara Lidia
NL
Universidade do Grande Rio, Brasil.
Moleri
Andrea Braga
AB
Merly
Flavio
F
Moreira
Luiz Carlos
LC
Moreira
Mirian Jordao
MJ
Antunes
Heliton Spindola
HS
D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008545:Melanoma / Q000473:pathology*; D010157:Palatal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*