Primary oral melanoma associated with HIV infection.

SADJ

Department of Periodontology and Oral Medicine, Box D26, School of Dentistry, University of Limpopo (Medunsa Campus), 0204, South Africa.

Published: February 2008

POM, when it occurs, is most common in the palate and the maxillary gingiva. It has a poor prognosis. Surgical excision is the treatment of choice while radiotherapy and chemotherapy are adjunctive. This report documents an unusual case of POM and reviews field cancerization in POM.

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