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A 3D Organotypic Melanoma Spheroid Skin Model
Published on: May 18, 2018
Primary malignant melanoma arising in the dorsum of the tongue
1Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Royal United Hospital, Combe Park, Bath BA1 3NG, UK. heidirowland@bris.ac.uk
The British Journal of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
|June 14, 2003
Abstract:
We present the case of a 53-year-old White man with primary malignant melanoma of the dorsum of the tongue that arose in an area of widespread diffuse pigmentation. He was treated by wide excision and insertion of iridium pins (65Gy over 5 days). Ten months later he developed metastases that were treated by palliative irradiation.
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