Melanoma of the hard palate

Oral melanomas are extremely rare and occur most often on the palate and gingiva. Its prognosis is poor. Surgical management remains the preferred treatment, sometimes in combination with chemotherapy. We report the case of a 72 years old woman with a malignant melanoma of the hard palate who developed three years later a gingival nevi and 5 years later metastatic cervical lymph nodes. Our treatment has been only radical surgery all times.