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Age and Ageing 2005 34(6):653-654; doi:10.1093/ageing/afi201
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© The Author 2005. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the British Geriatrics Society. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org

Primary malignant melanoma of the nose: a rare cause of epistaxis in the elderly

Divya Tiwari, Marianne Plater, Richard Partridge and John Weston-Simons

Department of Medicine for Older People, Southampton General Hospital, Tremona Road, Southampton SO16 6YD, UK

Address correspondence to: D Tiwari, Fax: (+44) 1225 825441. Email: dtiwari{at}doctors.org.uk

We report the case of a primary nasal malignant melanoma in an elderly woman, illustrating the dilemmas involved in clinical decision making with non-specific symptoms, and the treatment of cancer in elderly patients. We also discuss the incidence, clinical presentation, diagnosis, principles of management and outcome.

Keywords: mucosal malignant melanoma, elderly, epistaxis

Received February 15, 2005; accepted in revised form August 24, 2005.


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