title: Resection of a primary oral malignant melanoma and rehabilitative management using nasolabial flap: a case report.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The primary malignant melanoma is a rare neoplasm of melanocytic origin in the oral cavity. Only about 1% of all melanomas arise in the oral mucosa and these account for 0.5% of all oral malignancies
  
  
  METHODS
  This report describes an oral malignant melanoma occurring in the right maxilla of a 73-year-old patient. The interdisciplinary management using a nasolabial flap and prosthetic oral rehabilitation procedure is described.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The nasolabial flap technique offers the possibility of an immediate reconstruction of the maxillary defect and obviated problems with speech, swallowing, and permitted oral intake. As a supplementary benefit, the resection area can support the prosthetic rehabilitation.
authors.affiliation: Clinical Department of Restorative and Prosthetic Dentistry, Innsbruck Medical University, MZA, Anichstrasse 35, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria. ulrike.beier@i-med.ac.at
authors.forename: Ulrike Stephanie
authors.initials: US
authors.lastname: Beier
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Salinas
authors.forename: Wolfgang
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Puelacher
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019930:Mandibular Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods / Q000534:rehabilitation; D008441:Maxillary Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008545:Melanoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D009062:Mouth Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D009065:Mouth Rehabilitation / Q000379:methods*; D037981:Neck Dissection; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D011862:Radiography, Panoramic; D013524:Surgical Flaps