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Case Reports
. 2018 Sep-Dec;22(3):410-412.
doi: 10.4103/jomfp.JOMFP_96_18.

A rare case of oral melanoacanthoma

Aanchal Tandon  1 , Abhinav Srivastava  2 , Rohit Jaiswal  1 , Bharadwaj Bordoloi  1
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Case Reports

A rare case of oral melanoacanthoma

Aanchal Tandon et al. J Oral Maxillofac Pathol. 2018 Sep-Dec.

Abstract

Oral melanoacanthoma is a rare, pigmented lesion which brings suspicion of a malignancy with its sudden appearance and rapid growth. It is characterized clinically as a brown-black lesion and histologically it shows acanthosis of the superficial epithelium and proliferation of dendritic melanocytes. Due to their unusual clinical pattern, biopsy is mandatory to rule out malignancy.

Keywords: Melanoacanthoma; melanoma; oral pigmentation.

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Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
Intraoral photograph showing pigmentation on both labial and buccal mucosa
Figure 2
Figure 2
Histopathological image showing melanin pigmentation (H&E stain, [a] ×4, [b] ×10)
Figure 3
Figure 3
Histopathological image showing melanocytes and melanin pigmentation (Fontana-Masson stain, [a] ×20, [b] ×40)
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