Primary malignant melanoma of the anorectum: Case report

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 51-52

  Ameh, E A ^a   Shehu, S M ^a   Nmadu, P T ^a  

^a AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANUS CANCER; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; HEMORRHOID; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MELANOMA; PROGNOSIS; RECTUM CANCER;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HEMORRHOIDS; HUMANS; MELANOMA; NIGERIA; RECTAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0031858203     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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