Mucosal melanoma: case report and review
Anand, A.; Long, A.; Kreutziger, K.
Journal of the Louisiana State Medical Society Official Organ of the Louisiana State Medical Society 157(3): 147-151
2005
ISSN/ISBN: 0024-6921 PMID: 16173314 Document Number: 594541
Mucosal melanoma is a rare form of cancer that results from an abnormal proliferation of melanocytes within mucosal surfaces of the body. Due to the limited number of cases in the general public and even fewer cases in the reported literature, it is difficult to conduct research on this cancer. The following is a case presentation of a sinonasal mucosal melanoma followed by a review of the current literature detailing the epidemiology, signs and symptoms, diagnostic methods, and various methods of treatment that are currently used to combat this illness.