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Primary Oral Malignant Melanoma: Two Case Reports and Review of Literature

Author(s) -

Neeraj Sharma

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

case reports in dentistry

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.221

H-Index - 11

eISSN - 2090-6447

pISSN - 2090-6455

DOI - 10.1155/2012/975358

Subject(s) - medicine , melanoma , oral cavity , pathology , neoplasm , primary (astronomy) , disease , primary tumor , dermatology , cancer , metastasis , cancer research , orthodontics , physics , astronomy

Primary malignant melanoma of the oral cavity is a rare neoplasm. The tumors tend to metastasize or locally invade tissue more readily than other malignant tumors in the oral region. The survival of patients with mucosal melanomas is less than for those with cutaneous melanomas. Tumor size and metastases are related to the prognosis of the disease. Early detection, therefore, is important.

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