Malignant melanoma of the anterior mandibular gingiva: a case report
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Vol 4 No 1 (2013), Clinical case
Vol 4 No 1 (2013)

Malignant melanoma of the anterior mandibular gingiva: a case report

Clinical case
Published 18 February 2013
Bhandarkar GOWRI PANDARINATH
MDS, Oral Medicine, Reader, A.J. Institute of Dental Sciences, Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, India
Shetty KUSHAL
MDS, Professor, Dpt of Pedodontics A.J. Institute of Dental Sciences, Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, India
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Keywords

Oral malignant melanoma
oral pigmentation
mucosal melanoma

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GOWRI PANDARINATH, B., & KUSHAL, S. (2013). Malignant melanoma of the anterior mandibular gingiva: a case report. International Arab Journal of Dentistry (IAJD), 4(1), 32-37. Retrieved from https://journals.usj.edu.lb/iajd/article/view/240
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Abstract

Oral malignant melanoma is an infrequent neoplasm making up less than 1% of all melanomas; its behavior is more aggressive when compared to melanomas of the skin. We present a rare case of a 50-year-old male patient with a stage II oral malignant melanoma of the anterior mandibular gingiva treated with surgery and radiotherapy.

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