Open AccessPrimary malignant melanoma of oral cavity: A tertiary care center experience
Author(s) -
Vijay Kumar,
Jeewan Ram Vishnoi,
Channabasappa Kori,
Sameer Gupta,
Sanjeev Misra,
Naseem Akhtar
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
national journal of maxillofacial surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2229-3418
pISSN - 0975-5950
DOI - 10.4103/0975-5950.183856
Subject(s) - medicine , melanoma , stage (stratigraphy) , surgery , primary tumor , retrospective cohort study , hard palate , palliative care , mucosal melanoma , chemotherapy , metastasis , cancer , paleontology , nursing , cancer research , biology
Primary mucosal malignant melanoma is an extremely rare, aggressive neoplasm accounting for 0.5% of all oral malignancies. Any pigmented lesion in oral cavity should have an index of suspicion, which should be investigated to detect the disease at an early stage and managed appropriately. Melanomas tend to invade locally into the tissue or metastasize more commonly than other malignant tumors of the oral cavity.