Malignant melanoma in the head and neck area is rare. The incidence of oral malignant
melanomas of the head and neck is approximately four per 10 million populations per year …

Oral malignant melanomas are extremely rare lesions and occur commonly in the maxillary
gingiva more frequently on the palate with fewer incidences in the mandibular gingiva …

Melanoma is a malignant tumor of melanocytes or their precursor cells. It is the third most
common skin cancer and is one of the most biologically unpredictable neoplasms. Sunlight …

Malignant melanoma mainly arises in the skin. It represents the leading cause of death from
cutaneous malignancy in the United States today. 1, 2 Fewer than 1% of all reported primary …

PURPOSE: The occurrence of primary oral melanoma is very rare. Large clinical series
suggesting appropriate treatment modalities are lacking; the clinician has to rely on case …

Malignant melanoma is a neoplasm of melanocytic origin that arises from a benign
melanocytic lesion or de novo from melanocytes within otherwise normal mucosa or skin …

Oral melanomas are extremely rare and occur most often on the palate and gingiva. Its
prognosis is poor. Surgical management remains the preferred treatment, sometimes in …

Amelanotic melanoma can have a varied appearance both clinically and microscopically.
Here, we present our experiences with 75 cases of amelanotic melanoma defined clinically …

We report the first case (to our knowledge) of malignant melanoma of amelanotic type
arising from the mucosa of the middle ear. An 81-year-old man who presented with right …