title: [A man with a lesion on the palate].
abstract: A 77-year-old man had a dark lesion on the palate. The lesion was found when fitting a new set of dentures. Except ill-fitting false teeth, the man had no complaints. Examination of a biopsy revealed a melanoma. The palate was surgically removed.
authors.affiliation: Medisch Spectrum Twente, afd. Chirurgie, Enschede, the Netherlands. j.muller-kobold@mst.nl
authors.forename: Jeroen P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Muller Kobold
authors.forename: Eelco S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Nijdam
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003778:Dentures; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D009062:Mouth Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D010159:Palate / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery