Primary anorectal malignant melanoma: Report of a case

Surgery Today

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 170-173

  Ojima, Yasutomo ^a   Nakatsuka, Hirofumi ^a   Haneji, Hajime ^b   Kurihara, Tsuyoshi ^a   Sadamoto, Seiji ^a   Ohmoto, Toshifumi ^a   Katayama, Norihiko ^a   Taniyama, Kiyomi ^c  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c Kure Kyosai Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anorectal region; Fat saturation; Magnetic resonance imaging; Malignant melanoma

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANORECTAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLONOSCOPY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MELANOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROGNOSIS; RECTUM ABDOMINOPERINEAL RESECTION; TUMOR BIOPSY;

EID: 0032988421     PISSN: 09411291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02482244     Document Type: Article

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