Malignant melanoma of parotid glands from a neglected lesion: A case report

Mahsa Ahadi; Azadeh Rakhshan; Seyed Reza Mousavi; Homeira Saebnoori

doi:10.1002/ccr3.4941

Malignant melanoma of parotid glands from a neglected lesion: A case report

Clin Case Rep. 2021 Oct 13;9(10):e04941. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.4941. eCollection 2021 Oct.

Authors

Mahsa Ahadi¹, Azadeh Rakhshan², Seyed Reza Mousavi³, Homeira Saebnoori⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pathology Shohada_e_Tajrish Educational Hospital Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences Tehran Iran.
² Department of Pathology Skin Research Center Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences Tehran Iran.
³ Department of Surgery Shohada_e_Tajrish Educational Hospital Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences Tehran Iran.
⁴ Department of oral and maxillofacial pathology Tehran University of Medical sciences, School of Dentistry Tehran Iran.

Abstract

Observing a metastatic malignant melanoma and its primary lesion at the same time is rare. The histopathological detection of any unusual pigmented lesion is critical.

Keywords: immunohistochemical staining; malignant melanoma; metastasis; parotid glands; scalp skin.

Publication types

Case Reports