Melanoma maligno metastásico de ganglios intraparotídeos
- LANDA LLONA, S 1
- EREÑO ZARATE, C 2
- MONTES GARCIA, E 2
- SANTAMARIA ZUAZUA, E 2
- PEREZ NIEVAS BORDERAS, I 1
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Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea
infoUniversidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea
Lejona, España
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Hospital Universitario de Basurto
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ISSN: 1137-2834
Year of publication: 1997
Volume: 2
Issue: 1
Pages: 49-52
Type: Article
More publications in: Medicina oral
Abstract
The case of a 89-year-old woman who was diagnosed and surgically treated of malignant melanoma lentigo on the eyebrow region with a later development of a parotid gland tumor is presented. Such lesion is subsecuently treated with a diagnosis of metastatic malignan.t melanoma of its intraparotid lymph nades. A review of cutaneous lesions capable of having a melanic cells malignation is made, also a clasification of malignant melanomas according to clinic and histologic criterious is reported. At last, the metastatic lesions of malignan.t melanoma that in.volved the intraparotid lymph nades are studied, discussing the treatment and the importan.ce of an earlier diagnosis.