CASE REPORT
Year : 2015  |  Volume : 8  |  Issue : 4  |  Page : 543-546

Amelanotic melanoma of the nasal mucosa: A rare case report


Department of Surgery, Padmashree Dr. D. Y. Patil Medical College Hospital and Research Centre, Pimpri, Pune, Maharashtra, India

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Bharat Bhushan Dogra
Department of Surgery, Dr. D. Y. Patil Medical College Hospital, Pimpri, Pune - 411 018, Maharashtra
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0975-2870.160834

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Melanomas develop due to malignant transformation of melanocytes, which are derived from the neuroectoderm. Although the majority of melanomas are cutaneous, they occasionally arise from extra-cutaneous tissues as well which contain melanocytes, such as uvea, leptomeninges, or the mucosa. Melanomas can be melanotic or amelanotic. Approximately, 15-20% of all malignant melanomas arise in head and neck region and over 80% of these involve the skin. Mucosal malignant melanomas are very rare and may affect the upper aero-digestive tract (UADT). Their incidence is approximately as low as 0.5-3% of all malignant melanomas. Majority of noncutaneous head and neck malignant melanomas affect the ocular origin and only 6-8% originate in the mucous membranes of the UADT. Nasal mucosal melanomas account for <1% of all melanomas and <5% of all nasal tract neoplasms. The incidence of amelanotic melanomas (AMs) has been estimated to be between 1.8 and 8.1% of all melanomas. We present a case of 62-year-old lady presenting with epistaxis and a mass in left nasal cavity, diagnosed as AM and managed by wide local excision and primary reconstruction in our institution.


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