An unusual female melanoma patient with late metastases to both skin and ovaries

Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 126-128

  Nakano, Junji ^a   Shimizu, Takahiro ^a   Hirota, Toru ^a   Muto, Masahiko ^a  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Late metastasis; Malignant melanoma; Metastatic ovarian melanoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CASE REPORT; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MELANOMA; OVARY CANCER; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; SKIN METASTASIS; SKIN NODULE;

EID: 0031898070     PISSN: 03852407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1346-8138.1998.tb02363.x     Document Type: Article

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