RIMARY malignant melanoma of the oral P cavity is an extremely rare tumor, but it may not be as uncommon as the number of reported cases would indicate. AfBeck8 reported an incidence of 0.4% among 317 cases of malignant melanoma; Baxter,l\* 0.6% among 170 cases; Hobaek,'O 1.2% among 269 cases; and A
Primary malignant melanoma of the nasal cavity: A clinicopathologic study of nine cases
โ Scribed by Carlos Matias; Jose Corde; Jorge Soares
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1988
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 452 KB
- Volume
- 39
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-4790
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