Metastatic malignant melanoma of unknown primary site: A case of a possible primary declaring itself 18 months after the secondaries

British Journal of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 258-259

  Kumar, M ^a   Debono, Raymond ^a,b   Sommerlad, B C ^a  

^a ST ANDREW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Ushaw Moor ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THUMB INJURY;

EID: 0032053573     PISSN: 00071226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/bjps.1997.0275     Document Type: Article

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