Research Paper
ORAL MALIGNANT MELANOMA IN INDIAN AN EXPERIENCE- REPORT OF THREE CASES
Author: Dr. Chandresh jaiswara*, Dr. Neeraj Kumar Dhiman**, Dr. Suman Yadav*** and Prof. Naresh Kumar Sharma**
*Assistant Professor, faculty of dentistry IMS B.H.U Varanasi.** Assistant Professor, faculty of dentistry IMS B.H.U Varanasi**. ***BDS,MDS.****Dean & Head, faculty of dentistry IMS B.H.U Varanasi.
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ABSTRACT
Oral malignant melanoma is a rare neoplasm and accounts for only 0.2-8% of all reported melanomas. Its aggressive in nature and is a malignant neoplasm of melanocytes that may arise from a benign melanocytic lesion or de novofrom melanocytes within normal skin or mucosa. It is considered to be the most deadly and biologically unpredictable of all human neoplasms, having the worst prognosis.
In this case study three different cases of oral malignant melanoma of oral cavity were studied and reported the clinical pictures of all cases are showing that the patients have got involvement of palate and alveolar area of maxilla .In the history all cases revealed that the lesion appeared as few discrete solitary nodules on the anterior palate as rapidly growing painless elevations and the lesion started growing more rapidly in the alveolar mucosa and ultimately covering most of the part of palate. Fine needle aspiration cytology of cases were done and diagnosed as malignant melanoma .unfortunately one case expired within two months and second case did not reported.
Key Word :
malignant melanoma, neoplasm, melanocytic lesion
