title: Oral amelanotic melanoma of the maxilla.
abstract: Amelanotic melanoma is a variant of malignant melanoma comprising 2% to 8% of all malignant melanomas. The amelanotic presentation of melanoma in the oral cavity is extremely rare and has been reported only occasionally in the literature. Moreover, the lack of melanin makes these tumors difficult to diagnose than that of pigmented lesions and the prognosis tends to be poorer. Herein, we report an amelanotic melanoma involving the oral mucosa of the maxilla in a 27 year-old male.
authors: Associated Professor, Department of Oromaxillofacial Pathologist, Oral and Maxillofacial Diseases Research Center, School of Dentistry, Mash-had University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
authors: Nasrollah
authors: N
authors: Saghravanian
authors: Oral and Maxillofacial Pathologist, Mashhad, Iran.
authors: Mahdi
authors: M
authors: Pazouki
authors: Assistant Professor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Faculty of Dentistry, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran.
authors: Maryam
authors: M
authors: Zamanzadeh
keywords: Amelanotic; Maxilla; Melanoma; Oral
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