CASE REPORT
Year : 2013 | Volume
: 54 | Issue : 4 | Page : 278--281
Intraoral malignant melanoma
Suresh Babburi, RV Subramanyam, V Aparna, P Sowjanya
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Drs Sudha and Nageswara Rao Siddhartha Institute of Dental Sciences, Chinoutpally, Gannavaram, Andhra Pradesh, India
Correspondence Address:
Suresh Babburi
Department of Oral Pathology, Drs Sudha and Nageswara Rao Siddartha Institute of Dental Sciences, Chinoutpally, Gannavaram, Krishna District, Andhra Pradesh
India
Primary oral mucosal melanoma is a rare aggressive neoplasm and accounts for only 0.2-8% of all reported melanomas. It is a malignant neoplasm of melanocytes that may arise from a benign melanocytic lesion or de novo from melanocytes within normal skin or mucosa. It is considered to be the most deadly and biologically unpredictable of all human neoplasms, having the worst prognosis. In this article, we report a case of oral melanoma in a 52-year-old female patient with a chief complaint of black discolouration of the maxillary gingiva and palate.
How to cite this article:
Babburi S, Subramanyam R V, Aparna V, Sowjanya P. Intraoral malignant melanoma.Niger Med J 2013;54:278-281
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How to cite this URL:
Babburi S, Subramanyam R V, Aparna V, Sowjanya P. Intraoral malignant melanoma. Niger Med J [serial online] 2013 [cited 2023 May 29 ];54:278-281
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