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Journal of Case Reports
Primary Oral Malignant Melanoma
Dolly Prashant, Pratima Kujur1, Nidhi Sharma, Viplav Prashant1
From the Department of Oral Pathology, Government Dental College, Raipur; Department of Pathology1, Pt. J.N.M. Medical College, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India.
Corresponding Author:
Dolly Prashant
Email: drdollyprashant@gmail.com
Received: 13-JUL-2013 Accepted: 21-JUL-2013 Published Online: 15-AUG-2013
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17659/01.2013.0064
Abstract
Primary oral melanoma is a rare neoplasm of melanocytic origin, accounting for 0.5% of all oral malignancies.The “chameleonic” presentation of a mainly asymptomatic condition, rarity of this lesion, poor prognosis and the necessity of a highly specialized treatment are factors that should be seriously considered. Here is a case of primary oral malignant melanoma in a 57 years old male and its diagnosis by scrape cytology followed by its confirmation on histopathology and immunohistochemistry.
Keywords : Melanoma, Mouth Neoplasms, Neoplasms, Immunohistochemistry, Cytodiagnosis.
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