title: [Unusual long-term survival following non-radical treatment of oral mucosal melanoma].
abstract: Malignant mucosal melanomas are rare and aggressive. The five-year survival rate for malignant oral melanomas is 15%. A case of a 65-year old male with progressive melanosis in the oral mucus and development of four malignant melanomas during a 15-year follow-up period is presented. The patient was treated non-radically. Radical surgical excision of the melanotic area would have included partial mandibulectomy and maxillectomy followed by massive reconstruction and was thus not an option. The patient has been followed closely during the follow-up period and invasive components have been excised followed by local reconstruction. The patient remains without signs of metastatic disease.
authors.affiliation: Plastikkirurgisk Afdeling, Aarhus Universitetshospital, Aalborg Sygehus, Aalborg, Denmark. hiho@rn.dk
authors.forename: Hilde
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Høimyr
authors.forename: Marie Louise
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: von Sperling
authors.forename: Christer Swan
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Andreassen
mesh_terms: D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D009061:Mouth Mucosa / Q000473:pathology; D009062:Mouth Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D011379:Prognosis; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures; D017741:Survivors