Prevalence of malignant melanoma in anatomical sites of the oral cavity: A meta-analysis

Diksha Singh, Pragya Pandey, Manish Kumar Singh, Shailesh KudvaJournal of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology 2019 23(1):129-135 Oral malignant melanoma (OMM) is a very rare disease entity accounting <1% of all other melanomas. Till date, no comprehensive meta-analysis has been conducted regarding the prevalence of malignant melanoma in the oral cavity. Therefore, the present meta-analysis was conducted to update on the prevalence of malignant melanoma in anatomical sites of the oral cavity. Literature search was performed to congregate reports of last 10 years using databases, such as PubMed and ScienceDirect. The search strings used were “palate,” “buccal,” “gingiva,” “gum,” “maxillary,” “mandibular,” “lip,” “tongue,” “melanoma,” “oral melanoma,” “malignant melanoma,” “prognosis,” “risk factors,” “noncutaneous” and “diagnosis” of OMM by combining terms using the Boolean operators. MedCalc 16.4.3 software was used for the analysis. “Random effects model” was used in the analysis due to significant heterogeneity in the studies. Proportion method wa...
Source: Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology - Category: ENT & OMF Authors: Source Type: research