Open AccessMalignant melanoma maxilla
Author(s) -
Seema Devi,
Richi Sinha,
Rakesh Kumar Singh
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
national journal of maxillofacial surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2229-3418
pISSN - 0975-5950
DOI - 10.4103/0975-5950.168216
Subject(s) - medicine , melanoma , head and neck , neoplasm , nose , metastasis , paranasal sinuses , pathology , maxilla , dermatology , basal (medicine) , stage (stratigraphy) , cancer , cancer research , anatomy , surgery , paleontology , biology , insulin
A malignant melanoma is a highly lethal melanocytic neoplasm. A neoplasm usually affects the skin. Malignant melanomas in the head and neck region are rare, accounting for less than 1% of all melanomas. Malignant melanoma of the nose and paranasal sinuses is an aggressive disease typically presenting at an advanced stage, with a 5-year survival rate ranging 20-30%. Melanomas are tumors arising from melanocytes, which are neuroectodermally derived cells located in the basal layers of the skin. This is a case report of a 35-year-old male, who presented with very aggressive disease and developed liver metastasis.