Primary malignant melanoma of the esophagus

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 201-206

  Dematos, Pierre ^a,b   Wolfe, Walter G ^a   Shea, Christopher R ^a   Prieto, Victor G ^a   Seigler, Hilliard F ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Esophagus; Malignant melanoma; Primary neoplasm

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS BIOPSY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX PAIN;

ENDOSONOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; HUMANS; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0030725458     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9098(199711)66:3<201::AID-JSO9>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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