Mucosal melanoma of the head and neck

PA Ascierto, R Accorona, G Botti, D Farina… - Critical reviews in …, 2017 - Elsevier
Mucosal melanoma of the head and neck is a very rare and aggressive malignancy with a
very poor prognosis. The nasal cavity, paranasal sinuses, and oral cavity are the most …

Oral malignant melanoma: a review of the literature

M Meleti, CR Leemans, WJ Mooi, P Vescovi… - Oral oncology, 2007 - Elsevier
Primary oral malignant melanoma (OMM) is a rare neoplasm, accounting for 0.5% of all oral
malignancies. The etiology is unknown; tobacco use and chronic irritation may play some …

Oral malignant melanoma: a review of the literature

F Femiano, A Lanza, C Buonaiuto… - Journal of oral …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Primary oral melanoma (POM) is an uncommon malignant tumor that originates from the
proliferation of melanocytes. Such tumors can be present at any location in the oral cavity; …

Malignant melanoma of the oral cavity: a review of literature

MSH Pour - Indian Journal of Dental Research, 2008 - journals.lww.com
Oral malignant melanoma is a rare aggressive neoplasm of the middle age. This malignancy
commonly affects male subjects and is more frequently seen at the level of the hard palate …

[HTML][HTML] Melanoma of the oral cavity: pathogenesis, dermoscopy, clinical features, staging and management

O Warszawik-Hendzel, M Słowińska… - Journal of …, 2014 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Primary mucosal melanoma of the oral cavity is an exceedingly rare neoplasm which is
estimated to comprise 1-2% of all oral malignancies. In contrast to cutaneous melanomas …

Primary oral melanoma: population-based incidence

AM Sortino-Rachou, M de Camargo Cancela, L Voti… - Oral oncology, 2009 - Elsevier
Primary oral melanoma (POM) is a rare form of melanoma, generally diagnosed at a late
stage and has poor prognosis. Epidemiological information has scarcely been reported in …

[HTML][HTML] Ki67 proliferation index as a histopathological predictive and prognostic parameter of oral mucosal melanoma in patients without distant metastases

X Ma, Y Wu, T Zhang, H Song, H Jv, W Guo… - Journal of …, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: To investigate the relationship between clinical and histopathological
characteristics and overall survival of patients with oral mucosal melanoma (OMM) without …

Oral malignant melanoma: systematic review of literature and report of two cases

M Mohan, VY Sukhadia, D Pai, S Bhat - Oral surgery, oral medicine, oral …, 2013 - Elsevier
Objective Oral malignant melanoma (OMM) is a rare tumor of the oral cavity with very poor
prognosis despite the implementation of an aggressive treatment. This paper aims to shed …

Oral amelanotic melanoma: a systematic review of case reports and case series

SP Bansal, SS Dhanawade, AS Arvandekar… - Head and Neck …, 2022 - Springer
Oral amelanotic melanoma (OAM) is a rare, non-pigmented mucosal neoplasm representing
less than 2% of all melanoma. The present study analyses the available data on OAM and …

Clear-cell variant of oral squamous cell carcinoma: a rare entity

P Ramani, S Gheena, M Karunagaran… - Journal of Oral and …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Clear-cell variant of oral squamous cell carcinoma is an extremely rare entity in the
maxillofacial region. We report a case of 42-year-old female who presented with a soft-tissue …