The incidence of melanoma in Queensland, 40 cases per 100,000 population, is the highest in the world. In this series of 740 melanomas over a 7-year period at the Royal Brisbane Hospital, 21.75% occurred on the head and neck. Of these, 46.5% arose in Hutchinson's melanotic freckle and 54.8% were histologically superficial, that is, Clark Levels I and II or less than 0.76 mm in thickness, or both. As local recurrence and distant metastasis is infrequent in superficial melanoma, less radical surgical excision of these lesions is advocated than for thicker lesions or those exhibiting a greater depth of invasion, where aggressive excision and even regional node dissection may be required. Anatomical variations in areas such as the nose, eyelid, ear, and scalp influence patterns of spread and necessitate differences in treatment at each site.
A case of well‐differentiated muco‐epidermoid carcinoma in a parotid lymph node is described. This tumour appareitly arose within and was confined to the lymph node. Salivary ductal and acinar inclusions are often found n parotid lymph nodes and these may occasionally give rise to salivary gland tumours, both benign and malignant. The finding of a malignant salivary gland tumour within such a site does not necessarily imply a metastasis from a primary neoplasm elsewhere in the parotid gland.
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