Abstract

FERRARI, Marta et al. Melanoma maligno en cavidad bucal en una mujer de Tucumán (Argentina). Acta odontol. venez [online]. 2007, vol.45, n.3, pp.443-445. ISSN 0001-6365.

SUMMARY The melanoma is a melanocytic start cancer extremely strange, of serious forecast with a poor survive at five year. The aim of the present work is communicate a clinical case of mouth cavity melanoma belonging  to a 75-year-old woman, in which were studied lysosomal enzymes levels, Acid Fosfatase (FA), Hexosaminidase (Hex), B-Galactosidasa (B-Gal) and the Carcinoembrionic Antigen (CEA). The treatment carried out was surgical and being completed with quimio and immunotherapy, dying twelve months latter the patient. The seric lysosomal enzymes at the moment of diagnostic showed a value over the normal one, for what this study suggested may be used as  complementary method of diagnosis to this pathology. The precursor injuries identification of  malignant melanoma and seric determination of tumour scoreboards with the application of local and systemic therapies more effective might help to provide better survive to these patients

Keywords : melanoma; cancer; lysosomal enzymes.