Sinonasal Melanoma: A Rare Cause of Severe Nasal Bleeding
Leonard Derkyi-Kwarteng *
Department of Pathology, UCC-SMS, Ghana.
Kafui P. Akakpo
Department of Pathology, UCC-SMS, Ghana.
Ato A. Brown
Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, UCC-SMS, Ghana.
Abigail N. Derkyi-Kwarteng
Ewim Polyclinic, Ghana Health Service, Cape Coast, Ghana.
Emmanuel Gustav Imbeah
Department of Pathology, UCC-SMS, Ghana.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Mucosal melanoma is an aggressive but very rare tumour that can occur within the nasal and paranasal sinuses. It accounts for less than 1.0% of all melanomas and 4.0% of all sinonasal tumours. We present a 48-year-old with a stage IVA nasal melanocytic melanoma who had surgery as primary treatment option.
Keywords: Melanoma, nasal mucosa, head and neck, tumour.