Open AccessPrimary malignant melanoma of the middle ear mucosa: A case report
Author(s) -
Anuar Idwan Idris,
Mohd Khairi Md Daud,
Zulkifli Yusof,
M Masaany
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
egyptian journal of ear nose throat and allied sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.108
H-Index - 8
eISSN - 2090-3405
pISSN - 2090-0740
DOI - 10.1016/j.ejenta.2017.01.002
Subject(s) - melanoma , medicine , neoplasm , head and neck , mucosal melanoma , dermatology , pathology , surgery , cancer research
Malignant melanoma is a neoplasm of melanocytes or a neoplasm of the cells that develop from melanocytes. Primary mucosal melanomas of the head and neck are very uncommon as it only represents less than two percent out of all melanomas. Surgery remained as a definitive treatment for early-stage melanoma, with medical management generally reserved for adjuvant treatment of advanced melanoma. Here we report a very rare case of a malignant melanoma of the middle ear mucosa with no other primary site