Pleomorphic adenoma of the upper lip

Malignant melanoma with its varied clinical presentations and histomorphological patterns is a perplexing problem both for the diagnosticians and clinicians.a small proportion of melanomas present with metastatic tumors with unknown primary sites and at these sites they mimic the more common primary neoplasms.We hereby report a case of malignant melanoma presenting as a submandibular lump in a 40 year old female.This lump was present for six months and was rapidly increasing in size.on cytology it was diagnosed as salivary gland neoplasm.