title: Nasal mucosal melanoma presenting as central type vertigo: a case report.
abstract: Nasal mucosal melanoma presents usually with epistaxis, nasal obstruction and facial pain. However melanoma tends to give distant metastases at an early stage, having rare clinical presentations.We present a 74-year old female patient with symptoms of central type vertigo caused by brain metastases. Clinical assessment for the detection of the primary site revealed a nasal mucosal melanoma originating from the posterior end of the left inferior turbinate. The patient received a combination of radio and chemotherapy being in relatively good condition 8 months later. This is the first reported case of a nasal mucosal melanoma with vertigo as the first presenting symptom.
authors.affiliation: 2nd Academic ORL Department, Papageorgiou Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece and 2Pathology Department, Papageorgiou Hospital,Thessaloniki, Greece. mpleka@yahoo.gr
authors.forename: Konstantinos
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nellas
authors.forename: Iordanis
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Konstantinidis
authors.forename: Alexandros
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zevgaridis
authors.forename: Athanasia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Printza
authors.forename: Ioannis
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Efstratiou