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| Year : 2022 |
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Malignant melanoma of gingiva: Case report and review of the literature
Pooja Sinha1, Amrita Jayaswal2, Abhishek Sinha3, Rohit Jaiswal4
1 Department of Public Health Dentistry, Sardar Patel Post Graduate Institute of Dental and Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
2 Prosthodontics and Crown & Bridge, Sardar Patel Post Graduate Institute of Dental and Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
3 Oral Medicine & Radiology, Sardar Patel Post Graduate Institute of Dental and Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
4 Oral Pathology & Microbiology, Sardar Patel Post Graduate Institute of Dental and Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
Correspondence Address:
Amrita Jayaswal
Department of Prosthodontics and Crown & Bridge, Sardar Patel Post Graduate Institute of Dental & Medical Sciences, Lucknow - 226 025, Uttar Pradesh
India
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DOI: 10.4103/jomfp.jomfp_73_22
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Mucosal malignant melanoma arising from the head and neck region is a rare entity, and it is more aggressive than cutaneous melanoma. Furthermore, the complexity of the oral cavity makes surgical excision more difficult. Oral malignant melanoma is a rare tumour of melanocytic origin, accounting for 20–30% of malignant melanomas at the mucosal surface and 16% intra-orally. Hard palate and maxillary gingiva are the most common involved sites. The age of reported patients ranges from 20 years to 80 years. Hence, we do hereby present a case of malignant melanoma of mandibular gingiva with review of the literature in a 42-year-old female patient.
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