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Malignant melanomas of the sinonasal mucosa are very uncommon, presenting frequently in advanced stages with usually a fatal course. Diagnosis becomes more difficult if it is amelanotic variety. Radical surgery is constrained because of increased morbidity & cosmesis, moreover radiotherapy and chemotherapy have little role if any to play. A case of 60 years old male who presented with nasal mass and epistaxis finally diagnosed as melanoma on histolopathology. Some other important aspects of this rare tumor are discussed here.
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Maheshwari, V., Jindal, A., Ashraf, M. et al. Malignant melanoma of the nasal cavity. Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 56, 223–224 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02974357
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