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Desmoplastic malignant melanoma of the gingiva
K Kurihara1, E Sanada, S Yasuda
1Department of Pathology, Uwajima City Hospital, Japan.
Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, and Oral Pathology
|August 1, 1992
Abstract:
A case of desmoplastic melanoma in a 58-year-old man is reported. This rare malignancy occurred in the maxillary alveolus, appearing as an epulis. Histologically, the tumor was flanked by melanocytic proliferation in the adjacent mucosae. At the time of local recurrence after partial maxillectomy, the tumor showed a polypoid growth, with an increase in cellularity and mitotic rate resembling spindle cell carcinoma. The value of immunostaining for diagnosis is stressed.