Amalgam Tattoo Mimicking Mucosal Melanoma: A Diagnostic Dilemma Revisited
Mucosal melanoma of the oral cavity is a rare but highly aggressive neoplasm. However, the clinicians need to be aware of the other and more frequent etiologies of intraoral pigmentation, such as amalgam tattoos. As amalgam has been extensively used for dental restorations and can cause pigmentation...
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| description | Mucosal melanoma of the oral cavity is a rare but highly aggressive neoplasm. However, the clinicians need to be aware of the other and more frequent etiologies of intraoral pigmentation, such as amalgam tattoos. As amalgam has been extensively used for dental restorations and can cause pigmentations in the oral mucosa, this is a differential diagnosis not to be forgotten. We describe the characteristics of these two phenomena and present a case vignette illustrating the differential diagnostic issues. Other causes of intraoral pigmentation are summarized. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-ef6c4e2cec0f401d9b366b07a626c49e2025-02-03T01:06:14ZengWileyCase Reports in Dentistry2090-64472090-64552013-01-01201310.1155/2013/787294787294Amalgam Tattoo Mimicking Mucosal Melanoma: A Diagnostic Dilemma RevisitedK. Lundin0G. Schmidt1C. Bonde2Department of Plastic Surgery, Breast Surgery and Burns Treatment, Rigshospitalet-Copenhagen University Hospital, 2100 Copenhagen OE, DenmarkDepartment of Plastic Surgery, Breast Surgery and Burns Treatment, Rigshospitalet-Copenhagen University Hospital, 2100 Copenhagen OE, DenmarkDepartment of Plastic Surgery, Breast Surgery and Burns Treatment, Rigshospitalet-Copenhagen University Hospital, 2100 Copenhagen OE, DenmarkMucosal melanoma of the oral cavity is a rare but highly aggressive neoplasm. However, the clinicians need to be aware of the other and more frequent etiologies of intraoral pigmentation, such as amalgam tattoos. As amalgam has been extensively used for dental restorations and can cause pigmentations in the oral mucosa, this is a differential diagnosis not to be forgotten. We describe the characteristics of these two phenomena and present a case vignette illustrating the differential diagnostic issues. Other causes of intraoral pigmentation are summarized.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/787294 |
| spellingShingle | K. Lundin G. Schmidt C. Bonde Amalgam Tattoo Mimicking Mucosal Melanoma: A Diagnostic Dilemma Revisited Case Reports in Dentistry |
| title | Amalgam Tattoo Mimicking Mucosal Melanoma: A Diagnostic Dilemma Revisited |
| title_full | Amalgam Tattoo Mimicking Mucosal Melanoma: A Diagnostic Dilemma Revisited |
| title_fullStr | Amalgam Tattoo Mimicking Mucosal Melanoma: A Diagnostic Dilemma Revisited |
| title_full_unstemmed | Amalgam Tattoo Mimicking Mucosal Melanoma: A Diagnostic Dilemma Revisited |
| title_short | Amalgam Tattoo Mimicking Mucosal Melanoma: A Diagnostic Dilemma Revisited |
| title_sort | amalgam tattoo mimicking mucosal melanoma a diagnostic dilemma revisited |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/787294 |
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