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A Case of Malignant Melanoma of the Inferior Turbinate  

Maeng Chang-Hwan (Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Korea Veterans Hospital)
Yun Dong-Gu (Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Korea Veterans Hospital)
Kim Choon-Dong (Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Korea Veterans Hospital)
Rho Young-Soo (Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Kangdong Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine)
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Korean Journal of Head & Neck Oncology / v.18, no.1, 2002 , pp. 87-90 More about this Journal
Abstract
Malignant melanoma of the nasal cavity occurs rarely. Malignant melanoma, originated from the upper respiratory tract including nasal cavity, has clinical feature of local recurrence and easily metastasizes to regional or distant lymph nodes, lung, and liver. Malignant melanoma originated from nasal cavity frequently shows tumor cell invasion, ulceration, or infection. Owing to these characteristics, complete surgical excision of the malignant melanoma in nasal cavity is not easy. And also the prognosis of this tumor is not so good because of a high recurrence rate. Recently the authors have recently experienced a case of malignant melanoma originated from the inferior turbinate, which was treated with lateral rhinectomy, total maxillectomy. The defect developed after surgical extirpation was reconstructed with rotational forehead flap.
Keywords
Melanoma; Nasal cavity melanoma; Rotational forehead flap;
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