A rare case of rynopharyngeal melanoma

• Main Authors: Francesco Grecchi (Author), Stefano Podrecca (Author), Ilaria Zollino (Author), Valentina Candotto (Author), Francesco Gallo (Author), Giuseppe Rubino (Author), Raffaella Bianco (Author), Francesco Carinci (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

Primary mucosal melanomas (MM) of the head and neck region constitute 0.5-2% of all malignant melanomas. The rynopharynx is a region that is less often involved by malignant melanomas. Because most of mucosal melanotic lesions are painless in their early stages, the diagnosis is unfortunately often...