Oral malignant melanoma: History of malignant degeneration of a pigmented lesion

• Autori principali: Mellouli Nour (Autore), Sioud Samah (Autore), Garma Maroua (Autore), Chokri Abdellatif (Autore), Hamdi Habib (Autore), Selmi Jamil (Autore)
• Natura: Libro
• Pubblicazione: EDP Sciences, 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Soggetti: article
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Introduction: Oral malignant melanoma (OMM) is a rare malignant lesion of the oral mucosa. It accounts for 0.5% of oral cavity cancers and less than 1% of all melanomas. Most cases arise on the palate or gingiva. OMM is caused by unknown factors. Benign pigmentation may precede the neoplasm by sever...