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Oral mucosal melanoma: An enigma to the clinician
Krishna Sireesha Sundaragiri1, Shikha Saxena1, Chandni Shekhawat2, Bharat Sankhla1
1 Department of Oral Pathology, RUHS College of Dental Sciences, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
2 Department of Oral Medicine, RUHS College of Dental Sciences, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
Correspondence Address:
Krishna Sireesha Sundaragiri
Department of Oral Pathology, RUHS College of Dental Sciences (Government Dental College), Jaipur - 302 016, Rajasthan
India
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None
DOI: 10.4103/JHNP.JHNP_1_18
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Oral mucosal melanoma is a rare oral malignancy with well defined clinical presentation of a pigmented brown macular to nodular lesion. The careful histopathological examination along with immunohistochemistry of the biopsy specimen was helpful in identification of this noxious lesion. A clear distinction between management and prognosis of benign gingival lesions and rarer lesions exists. Thus every general dental practitioner should advocate a mandatory histopathological examination of the each and every gingival growth. We present a unique case of oral mucosal melanoma masquerading as a benign gingival growth without any clinical presence of pigmentation in a 58-year-old male patient.
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