Mandibular metastasis of cutaneous melanoma

• Main Authors: Josi Amadeu (Author), Cleto Mariosvaldo Piazzetta (Author), Cassius Carvalho Torres-Pereira (Author), José Miguel Amenábar (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2016-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Melanoma is a malignant neoplasm of melanocytes that can metastasize to every organ of the body, but metastasis to the oral cavity is uncommon. We describe a case of metastatic malignant melanoma to the mandible in a 33-years-old woman. The patient had a 2 cm × 4 cm firm, ulcerated nodule, distal to...