Management of complex melanomas of head and neck region.

Though many of the melanomas encountered in the head and neck region are amenable to simple excision and direct closure or skin grafts, there is a subset of patients who are deemed complex cases in view of the large size of the tumour, depth of invasion or proximity to aesthetically and functionally important structures. This was a retrospective study which looked at complex melanomas of the head and neck region treated in the last 10 years. There were a total of 19 cases, including four women and 15 men.