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Dark oral lesions: differential diagnosis with oral melanoma.

1998; National Institutes of Health; Volume: 61; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês

Juan Manuel Seoane Lestón, Vázquez Garcia J, Aguado Santos A, Varela-Centelles Pi, Romero Ma,

Cancer and Skin Lesions

Oral melanoma is a neoplasm with a poor prognosis; its premature diagnosis is of foremost importance. We review here pathologic situations to be considered in the clinical differential diagnosis: tattoos, melanotic macules, Laugier's disease, melanocytic nevus, drug intake, some vascular lesions, and oral pigmented lesions associated with endocrine disorders or with different syndromes.