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Elneel Ahmed Mohamed Ali1, Musadak Ali Karrar2, Abeer Abdalla El-Siddig3
1Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Khartoum, Sudan.
The Pan African Medical Journal
|February 6, 2016
Abstract:
Primary Oral malignant melanoma is a rare tumor with an indigent prognosis. This is a case report of 47-year-old Sudanese female diagnosed as Oral malignant melanoma of the mandible with an unusual pattern of growth and clinical presentation. Furthermore, a possibility of intraosseous origin is suggested.
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