title: [Clinical analysis on 14 cases with malignant melanoma in nasal cavity and sinus].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the effect of treatment on malignant melanoma in nasal cavity and paranasal sinus.
  
  
  METHODS
  Fourteen patients with malignant melanoma in nasal cavity and paranasal sinus were retrospectively analyzed from 1995 to 2002, including clinical presentation, diagnosis, treatment and follow-up data.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Thirteen patients were followed up, the survival rates of 3 and 5 years were 42.9% and 21.4% respectively.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Sinonasal malignant melanoma has an aggressive behavior and easy recurrence. Early diagnosis, radical operation and postoperative radiotherapy could improve the survival rate.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, the First Hospital of Yichang, Yichang, 443000, China. xiangyinzhou@sina.com
authors.forename: Yinzhou
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Xiang
authors.forename: Ping
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Peng
authors.forename: Lianzhi
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wei
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000401:mortality; D008875:Middle Aged; D009296:Nasal Cavity; D009669:Nose Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality; D010255:Paranasal Sinus Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D015996:Survival Rate; D055815:Young Adult