Primary malignant mucosal melanoma of the nasopharynx: an unusual cause of unilateral hearing loss.
There are many causes of unilateral hearing loss, and making the correct differential diagnosis, especially in elderly patients, is difficult. A primary malignant mucosal melanoma of the nasopharynx is extremely rare and can cause a variety of symptoms. Hearing loss, as a presenting symptom of mucosal malignant melanoma of the nasopharynx, has not yet been defined in the literature. Herein, we report a case of primary mucosal malignant melanoma of the nasopharynx presented with unilateral hearing loss in a 70-year-old man.
From the Faculty of Medicine, Department of Radiology, Ondokuz Mayis University, Samsun, Turkey.
Tümay
T
Bekci
Kerim
K
Aslan
Hediye Pinar
HP
Günbey
Lütfi
L
Incesu
D000368:Aged; D004724:Endoscopy / Q000379:methods; D046088:Hearing Loss, Unilateral / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008443:Maxillary Sinus / Q000473:pathology; D018328:Melanoma, Amelanotic / Q000150:complications*; D009296:Nasal Cavity / Q000473:pathology; D009297:Nasal Mucosa / Q000473:pathology; D009303:Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D009669:Nose Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D010033:Otitis Media / Q000209:etiology; D013101:Sphenoid Sinus / Q000473:pathology