A Case of Malignant Melanoma in the Submandibular Region
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- Ishikawa Toru
- Tochigi Medical Center
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- Takei Satoshi
- Saitama Municipal Hospital
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- Fujimine Takekatsu
- Toda E.N.T. Clinic
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- Other Title
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- 顎下部に生じた悪性黒色腫例
- 臨床 顎下部に生じた悪性黒色腫例
- リンショウ アゴ カブ ニ ショウジタ アクセイ コクショク シュレイ
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Abstract
We report a case of malignant melanoma in the submandibular region. The patient was a 67-year-old man, who presented with the chief complaint of swelling of the submandibular region on the right side. CT demonstrated a cystic lesion adjacent to the submandibular gland, and the result of fine-needle aspiration cytology was Class III. Submandibular glandectomy was performed, and pathological examination revealed features consistent with metastasis from a malignant melanoma. We attempted to identify the site of the primary lesion, but failed. We suspected that a primary lesion in the head or neck may have disappeared spontaneously, or that there was no primary lesion to begin with. As partial biopsy of a malignant melanoma in the head and neck region may worsen the patient’s prognosis, it is important to consider complete biopsy of a mass in the head and neck region suspected to be a carcinoma of unknown primary.
Journal
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- Practica Oto-Rhino-Laryngologica
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Practica Oto-Rhino-Laryngologica 108 (4), 285-288, 2015
The Society of Practical Otolaryngology
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Details 詳細情報について
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- CRID
- 1390282679248730240
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- NII Article ID
- 130005061543
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- NII Book ID
- AN00107089
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- ISSN
- 18844545
- 00326313
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- NDL BIB ID
- 026285655
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- Text Lang
- ja
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- Data Source
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- JaLC
- NDL
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- Disallowed