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  • Metastatic melanoma of the tongue arising from oral melanosis

    Author(s)
    Warnke, P.
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Warnke, Patrick H.
    Year published
    2008
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    Abstract
    Primary oral melanoma is a rare tumor that has been estimated to represent 0.1% of melanoma cases in whites.1 A review of 20 cases of tongue melanomas1 and a literature survey in PubMed revealed a total of 32 published cases. One-third of patients diagnosed as having primary oral melanoma also had preexisting pigmented lesions at the same site. The prognosis is poor, with a 5-year survival rate of only 26.4%.2 We report a lethal case of primary melanoma of the tongue that developed within an oral melanosis that had been biopsied 9 years before its malignant transformation.Primary oral melanoma is a rare tumor that has been estimated to represent 0.1% of melanoma cases in whites.1 A review of 20 cases of tongue melanomas1 and a literature survey in PubMed revealed a total of 32 published cases. One-third of patients diagnosed as having primary oral melanoma also had preexisting pigmented lesions at the same site. The prognosis is poor, with a 5-year survival rate of only 26.4%.2 We report a lethal case of primary melanoma of the tongue that developed within an oral melanosis that had been biopsied 9 years before its malignant transformation.
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    Journal Title
    Archives of Dermatology
    Volume
    144
    Issue
    4
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1001/archderm.144.4.558-b
    Subject
    Dentistry not elsewhere classified
    Clinical Sciences
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/140804
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