tailieunhanh - báo cáo khoa học:" Oral mucosal melanoma: a malignant trap"

Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Oral mucosal melanoma: a malignant trap | Head Face Medicine BioMed Central Case Study Oral mucosal melanoma a malignant trap Emmanouil K SymvoulakisX1 Dionysios E KyrmizakisX1 Emmanouil I Drivas x1 Anastassios V Koutsopoulost2 Open Access Stylianos G MalandrakisX1 Charalambos E Skoulakisx1 and John G BizakisX1 Address Department of Otorhinolaryngology University of Crete School of Medicine Heraklion Crete Greece and 2Pathology Department University of Crete School of Medicine Heraklion Crete Greece Email Emmanouil K Symvoulakis - symvouman@ Dionysios E Kyrmizakis - dkyrmiz@ Emmanouil I Drivas - em_drivas@ Anastassios V Koutsopoulos - akoutsop@ Stylianos G Malandrakis - imalandrasteos@ Charalambos E Skoulakis - skulakis@ John G Bizakis - jbizakis@ Corresponding author fEqual contributors Published 28 March 2006 Head Face Medicine 2006 2 7 doi 1746-I60X-2-7 Received 06 January 2006 Accepted 28 March 2006 This article is available from http content 2 1 7 2006 Symvoulakis et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Oral mucosal melanomas are highly malignant tumors. The chameleonic presentation of a mainly asymptomatic condition the rarity of these lesions the poor prognosis and the necessity of a highly specialized treatment are factors that should be seriously considered by the involved health provider. We present the case of a 75-year-old man who was referred to the Ear Nose and Throat department. His symptoms were voice alteration and saliva drooling progressively worsening during the last few weeks. The absence of pain was the reason for the delay of seeking medical care. The diagnosis was an oversized oral melanoma. This is an example of how the .