title: Primary malignant melanoma of the nasal cavity.
abstract: Primary malignant melanoma of the nose and paranasal sinus mucosa is a rare disease and seen in less than 1% among all melanomas. Malignant melanomas have 2 origins: cutaneous and mucosal. The mucosal form has a worse prognosis because of its aggressiveness compared with that of the cutaneous form. Mucosal melanomas often occur at a rate of 2% to 3% among all melanomas and are typically found in the nasal cavity and paranasal sinuses. Generally, it is more common in males and in those older than 50 years. In this study, 4 patients were observed at the Cumhuriyet University Faculty of Medicine; 2 of them were a 64-year-old man and an 82-year-old woman who had a malignant melanoma originating from the nasal septal mucosa, 1 patient was a 72-year-old woman whose malignant melanoma originated from the inferior turbinate, and 1 patient was a 77-year-old woman with a sinonasally located melanoma. The conditions of these patients were discussed under the light of literature instructions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Cumhuriyet University Medical School, Sivas, Turkey. dr.iuysal@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Ismail Önder
authors.initials: IÖ
authors.lastname: Uysal
authors.forename: Mustafa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Misir
authors.forename: Kerem
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Polat
authors.forename: Emine Elif
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: Altuntaş
authors.forename: Mehmet Haydar
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Atalar
authors.forename: Ersin
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Tuncer
authors.forename: Suphi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Müderris
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004844:Epistaxis / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009296:Nasal Cavity / Q000473:pathology*; D009297:Nasal Mucosa / Q000473:pathology; D015508:Nasal Obstruction / Q000175:diagnosis; D009300:Nasal Septum / Q000473:pathology; D009669:Nose Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014420:Turbinates / Q000473:pathology