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| Year : 2013 |
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Amelanotic melanoma of the tongue
M Venugopal1, IV Renuka1, G Saila Bala1, N Seshaiah2
1 Department of Pathology, Guntur Medical College, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India
2 Department of Pathology, Government General Hospital, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India
Correspondence Address:
I V Renuka
Department of Pathology, Guntur Medical College, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh 522 004
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0973-029X.110699
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Malignant melanoma of the oral cavity is a rare lesion, with an incidence of about 0.2% to 0.8% of all melanomas. Melanoma of tongue is still rarer and represents less than 2% of oro-nasal melanoma cases. We report a rare case of amelanotic melanoma of the tongue in a young man. The importance of consideration of melanoma in the differential diagnosis of oral cavity lesions is discussed since mucosal melanoma carries a bad prognosis and early diagnosis is vital. |
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