Metastatic melanoma of the nasal cavity in a patient with oculocutaneous albinism

Clinical Oncology

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 404-406

  Malaguarnera, M ^a,b   Romano, M ^a   Pistone, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Albinism; Melanoma; Nasal cavity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; MALE; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; NOSE CANCER; OCULOCUTANEOUS ALBINISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032412772     PISSN: 09366555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0936-6555(98)80043-5     Document Type: Article

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