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.
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