Hypercalcemia in a patient with malignant melanoma arising in congenital giant pigmented nevus. A case of increased serum level of parathyroid hormone-related protein

Dermatology

Volumn 197, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 65-68

  Matsui, T ^a,c   Kageshita, T ^a   Ishihara, T ^b   Tomiguchi, S ^c   Takahashi, M ^c   Ono, T ^a  

^a Department of Dermatology ^*  (Japan)

^b Division of Plastic Surgery   (Japan)

^c KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hypercalcemia; Malignant melanoma; Parathyroid hormone related protein

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; PARATHYROID HORMONE RELATED PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; BUTTOCK; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CONGENITAL NEVUS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERCALCEMIA; INGUINAL REGION; KIDNEY FAILURE; LUNG METASTASIS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MELANOMA; PIGMENTED NEVUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; GENITALIA, FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERCALCEMIA; JAPAN; MELANOMA; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; PARATHYROID HORMONE-RELATED PROTEIN; PROTEINS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0031815487     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000017960     Document Type: Article

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