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Synchronous primary mucosal melanoma and mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the maxillary antrum

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

J. P. Davis ,
K. A. Maclennan ,
J. B. Schofield ,
J. C. Watkinson  and
P. Gluckman
J. P. Davis*
Affiliation:
Departments of Head and Neck Surgery, The Royal Marsden Hospital, London.
K. A. Maclennan
Affiliation:
Departments of Histopathology, The Royal Marsden Hospital, London.
J. B. Schofield
Affiliation:
Departments of Histopathology, The Royal Marsden Hospital, London.
J. C. Watkinson
Affiliation:
Departments of Head and Neck Surgery, The Royal Marsden Hospital, London.
P. Gluckman
Affiliation:
Departments of Head and Neck Surgery, The Royal Marsden Hospital, London.
*
Mr J. P. Davis, Department of ENT Surgery, Royal Free Hospital, Pond Street, London NW3 2QG.
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Abstract

We present a case of contiguous primary malignant melanoma of the nose and maxillary antrum and mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the maxillary antrum. We believe that this association has not been previously recorded; whether this represents divergent differentiation in a single tumour or ‘collision’ of two separate tumours is uncertain.

Keywords

Paranasal sinus neoplasmsMelanomaMucoepidermoid carcinoma
Type
Clinical Records
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 105 , Issue 5 , May 1991 , pp. 370 - 372
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1991

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