Metastatic oral malignant melanoma transformed from pre-existing pigmented lesions in mandibular gingiva: Report of an unusual case

The objective of this study is to report the transformation of a 10-year history of melanotic mandibular gingival lesion into primary oral melanoma (POM) in a 37-year-old Taiwanese woman. The patient declined all treatments and died of widespread disease 15 months after POM was confirmed. The histol...

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Main Authors: Shin-Yu Lu, Chin-Fan Lin, Shun-Chen Huang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2013-09-01
Series:Journal of Dental Sciences
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1991790213000135