Melanoma metastatic to the hyoid bone

John F Ryan; Deborah X Xie; Danielle F Eytan; Edward F McCarthy; Rajarsi Mandal; Christine G Gourin; Evan J Lipson; Christian F Meyer; Peter S Vosler

doi:10.1002/ccr3.3571

Melanoma metastatic to the hyoid bone

Clin Case Rep. 2020 Nov 23;9(1):522-525. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.3571. eCollection 2021 Jan.

Authors

John F Ryan¹, Deborah X Xie¹, Danielle F Eytan¹, Edward F McCarthy², Rajarsi Mandal¹, Christine G Gourin¹, Evan J Lipson^{3

4}, Christian F Meyer³, Peter S Vosler¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Baltimore MD USA.
² Department of Pathology Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Baltimore MD USA.
³ Department of Oncology Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Baltimore MD USA.
⁴ Johns Hopkins Bloomberg-Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy Kimmel Cancer Center Baltimore MD USA.

Abstract

Metastatic melanoma may be included in the differential diagnosis of hyoid masses in patients with a history of melanoma. Hyoid resection is well tolerated and of diagnostic and therapeutic benefit in patients with tumors metastatic to the hyoid bone.

Keywords: Ear; cutaneous malignancy; head and neck neoplasm; hyoid bone; melanoma; metastasis; nose and throat; oncology.

Publication types

Case Reports