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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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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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