author = {Sundaragiri, Krishna. and Saxena, Shikha. and Shekhawat, Chandni. and Sankhla, Bharat.}, title = {{Oral mucosal melanoma: An enigma to the clinician}}, journal ={International Journal of Head and Neck Pathology}, volume ={1}, number ={2}, pages = {48-51}, doi = {10.4103/JHNP.JHNP_1_18}, year = {2018}, abstract ={ Oral mucosal melanoma is a rare oral malignancy with well defined clinical presentation of a pigmented brown macular to nodular lesion. The careful histopathological examination along with immunohistochemistry of the biopsy specimen was helpful in identification of this noxious lesion. A clear distinction between management and prognosis of benign gingival lesions and rarer lesions exists. Thus every general dental practitioner should advocate a mandatory histopathological examination of the each and every gingival growth. We present a unique case of oral mucosal melanoma masquerading as a benign gingival growth without any clinical presence of pigmentation in a 58-year-old male patient. }, URL ={https://www.ijhnp.org/article.asp?issn=2590-2997;year=2018;volume=1;issue=2;spage=48;epage=51;aulast=Sundaragiri;t=6}, eprint ={https://www.ijhnp.org/article.asp?issn=2590-2997;year=2018;volume=1;issue=2;spage=48;epage=51;aulast=Sundaragiri;t=6} }