title: Malignant melanotic schwannoma of maxilla.
abstract: Malignant schwannoma in the naso-maxillary region is very rare. Only 20 eases have been reported in the literature (Maheshwari et al 99) Melanotic variety of this tumor is extremely rare and only 4 cases have been found in internet search. Surgery followed by radiotherapy has been advocated for treatment. A case is reported involving maxilla in a 13 year old female patient because of its extreme rarity. The case was treated by surgery and showed no recurrence during a 3 year follow-up period.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of ENT, Calcutta National Medical College, Kolkata.
authors.forename: Utpal
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Jana
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Sana
keywords: Malignant Schwannoma; Maxilla