Pathologic fracture secondary to subungual melanoma

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 230-233

  Gregorcyk, Sharon ^a   Shelton, Ron M ^b   Ladaga, Leopoldo E ^a   Perry, Roger R ^a,c  

^a SENTARA NORFOLK GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

acrolentiginous melanoma; trauma; wedge biopsy

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; CARMUSTINE; CISPLATIN; DACARBAZINE; TAMOXIFEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FINGER FRACTURE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MALE; MELANOMA; NAIL BED; PATHOLOGIC FRACTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THUMB AMPUTATION;

BONE NEOPLASMS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FATAL OUTCOME; FRACTURES, SPONTANEOUS; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NAIL DISEASES; PROGNOSIS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; THUMB;

EID: 0029912995     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9098(199603)61:3<230::AID-JSO13>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Article

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