title: Malignant mucosal melanoma of the eustachian tube.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Cancer Institute Hospital, Japanese Foundation of Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan. hiroko.tanaka@jfcr.or.jp
authors.forename: Hiroko
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: Atsushi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kohno
authors.forename: Naoya
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Gomi
authors.forename: Kiyoshi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Matsueda
authors.forename: Hiroki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mitani
authors.forename: Kazuyoshi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kawabata
authors.forename: Noriko
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
mesh_terms: 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