Malignant Melanoma of Unknown Primary Site Simulating A Salivary Gland Neoplasm
Journal Title: Turkish Journal of Pathology - Year 2011, Vol 27, Issue 1
Abstract
Malignant melanoma with its varied clinical presentations and histomorphological patterns is a perplexing problem both for the diagnosticians and clinicians. A small proportion of melanomas present with metastatic tumors with unknown primary sites and at these sites they mimic the more common primary neoplasms. We hereby report a case of malignant melanoma presenting as a submandibular lump in a 40 year old female. This lump was present for six months and was rapidly increasing in size. On cytology it was diagnosed as salivary gland neoplasm.
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Kiran AGARWAL, Sonal JAIN, Jasmita DASS, Manoj ANDLEY
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- DOI 10.5146/tjpath.2010.01050
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