Malignant mucosal melanoma of the eustachian tube.
Malignant mucosal melanoma is a rare condition. Although the head and neck region is the most common site for mucosal melanoma, a melanoma arising in the eustachian tube is rare. Here we present a case of mucosal melanoma arising in the right eustachian tube.
Tanaka
Hiroko
H
Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Cancer Institute Hospital, Japanese Foundation of Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan. hiroko.tanaka@jfcr.or.jp
Kohno
Atsushi
A
Gomi
Naoya
N
Matsueda
Kiyoshi
K
Mitani
Hiroki
H
Kawabata
Kazuyoshi
K
Yamamoto
Noriko
N
D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004428:Ear Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy; D004724:Endoscopy; D005064:Eustachian Tube / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy; D009092:Mucous Membrane / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed