## Abstract ## Background. Desmoplastic variants of melanoma rarely affect the mucosa. ## Method. The clinicopathologic features and p53 status of seven primary mucosal desmoplastic melanomas of the oral and nasal cavity were studied. ## Results. The patients included six men and one woman (me
Primary mucosal melanoma of the head and neck. Comparison of clinical presentation and histopathologic features of oral and sinonasal melanoma
β Scribed by Nicolas McLean; Mourad Tighiouart; Susan Muller
- Book ID
- 113833003
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 543 KB
- Volume
- 44
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1368-8375
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