[Malignant melanomas of the head and neck]

During 1980-1992 twelve patients with malignant melanoma of the head and neck were treated in the Department of Otolaryngology of Medical Academy in Warsaw. The largest group (eight patients) consisted of the cases with melanoma localized on the nasal mucosa. In next four patients the tumor localized on the skin of the head. The clinical course of the melanoma was discussed and its methods of cure in dependence on the degree of progression.