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Melanoma metastatic to the head and neck

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

M. L. L. Harries
M. L. L. Harries*
Affiliation:
Academic Surgical Unit, Royal Marsden Hospital, Fulham Road, London SW3 6JJ.
*
The Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital, Gray's Inn Road, London WC1X 8DA
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Abstract

A 42-year-old man presented with a two-week history of right-sided otalgia, deafness and nocturnal tinnitus. Examination revealed a black mass on the posterior meatal wall. Two years before presentation, he had a malignant melanoma removed from the left hip region. Biopsy of the lesion in the posterior canal wall and another which had developed within two weeks on the anterior wall, confirmed metastatic disease. Treatment with radiotherapy and later chemotherapy were unsuccessful and the patient died 15 months later.

Type
Clinical Records
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 102 , Issue 9 , September 1988 , pp. 842 - 844
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1988

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