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Malignant mucosal melanoma of the eustachian tube

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Malignant mucosal melanoma is a rare condition. Although the head and neck region is the most common site for mucosal melanoma, a melanoma arising in the eustachian tube is rare. Here we present a case of mucosal melanoma arising in the right eustachian tube.

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  1. Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Cancer Institute Hospital, Japanese Foundation of Cancer Research, 3-10-6 Ariake, Koto-ku, Tokyo, 135-8550, Japan

    Hiroko Tanaka, Atsushi Kohno, Naoya Gomi & Kiyoshi Matsueda

  2. Division of Head Neck, Cancer Institute Hospital, Japanese Foundation of Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan

    Hiroki Mitani & Kazuyoshi Kawabata

  3. Department of Pathology, Cancer Institute, Japanese Foundation of Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan

    Noriko Yamamoto

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Tanaka, H., Kohno, A., Gomi, N. et al. Malignant mucosal melanoma of the eustachian tube. Radiat Med 26, 305–308 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11604-007-0222-7

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