Ocular malignant melanoma in South African blacks.

Malignant Melanoma in Khouzestan: Study of 62 cases

Background: Malignant melanoma is the leading cause of death among skin cancers in western countries. However, the incidence, histologic subtypes, and tumor behaviors are quite different in Asians and western populations. Objective: This study was designed to survey the clinicopathological aspects of malignant melanoma among Khouzestan people. Patients and Methods: In a retrospective stud...

Multiple Mental Disorders and Suicidality; Cross-Ethnic Variation among Blacks

Background: For psychiatric disorders, comorbidity is a rule rather than exception. Thus it is particularly important to study additive and multiplicative effects of multiple mental disorders on suicidal behaviors. Objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate the ethnic differences in multiplicative effects of mental disorders on suicidal ideation among Black adults in the United States...

Oral medicine case book 61: Oral malignant melanoma.

Precautionary note on retrobulbar alcohol injections.

been reported in the world literature.4 The cutaneous pigmentation commonly involves the ophthalmic, maxillary, and occasionally the mandibular division of the trigeminal nerve. Oculodermal melanocytosis occurs most often in orientals and blacks and is rarely seen in the white population.2 5-7 In contrast, malignant melanoma transformation associated with ODM and OM is known to occur more often...

Malignant melanoma of the skin in black South Africans: a 15-year experience.

AIM To document the anatomical distribution of melanoma, extent of disease, results of treatment and survival among black patients in the north-eastern part of South Africa. METHODS All available histological material was reviewed. All available addresses of patients were consulted to establish the status of patients treated in the drainage areas of, or referred to, Kalafong Hospital or Preto...