Kanishk Mehta¹*, Alifiya Udaipurwala² and Megha Pandey³

¹Associate Professor, Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head Neck Surgery, American International Institute of Medical Sciences, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India
²Assistant Professor, Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head Neck Surgery, American International Institute of Medical Sciences, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India
³Professor, Department of Pathology, American International Institute of Medical Sciences, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India

*Corresponding Author: Kanishk Mehta, Associate Professor, Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head Neck Surgery, American International Institute of Medical Sciences, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India.

Received: September 19, 2022; Published: October 17, 2022

Abstract

Poorly differentiated malignancy is a rare pathological diagnosis that often puts the surgeon at the crossroads of treatment protocols. It not only presents as a dilemma for deciding the treatment but also adjuvant therapy and prognosis of the patient. Herein we present a case of poorly differentiated palatal tumour that was finally typed as Amelanotic Malignant Melanoma - spindle cell type. Oral melanoma is a rare malignancy with the tendency to metastasize and locally invade tissues more readily than other malignant tumors of the oral cavity, making it vital to report this case.

Keywords: Oral Cavity; Cell Lineage; Surgery

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Citation

Citation: Kanishk Mehta., et al. “Poorly Differentiated Palatal Tumour: A Clinical Dilemma".Acta Scientific Otolaryngology 4.11 (2022): 32-33.

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