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An Unusual Case Report of Malignant Melanoma of the Sphenoid Sinus with Review of Literature

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Non skin malignant melanomas are known to be more aggressive than the skin counterpart. A 50-year lady with recurrent epistaxis, had mass in right sphenoid, which was resected by endoscopic sinus surgery. After histopathological confirmation of malignant melanoma radiotherapy was given. She later developed metastasis in liver.

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  1. Department of Surgical Oncology, Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute, House no- T11, Parvana Vihar, Sector-9, Rohini, New Delhi, 110085, India

    Ghanashyam Mandal, Vishal Yadav, Vikas Arora & Ajay Kumar Dewan

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Dr. GM: Concept and design of study, acquisition of data/analysis and interpretation of data. Dr. VY: Manuscript review. Dr. VA: Manuscript review. Dr. AKD: Manuscript review and final approval of the version to be published.

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Mandal, G., Yadav, V., Arora, V. et al. An Unusual Case Report of Malignant Melanoma of the Sphenoid Sinus with Review of Literature. Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 74 (Suppl 2), 752–754 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12070-019-01787-8

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