Giant cellular blue nevus of the anterior chest wall mimicking metastatic melanoma to the breast: A case report

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 278-281

  Hoos, Axel ^a   Berho, Mariana ^a   Blumencranz, Peter W ^b   Brady, Mary S ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b Morton Plant Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast; Cellular blue nevus; Melanoma; Metastasis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLUE NEVUS; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MELANOCYTE; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX WALL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BONE NEOPLASMS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASTECTOMY, RADICAL; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEVUS, BLUE; SKIN NEOPLASMS; STERNUM;

EID: 0033841243     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1096-9098(200008)74:4<278::AID-JSO7>3.0.CO;2-D     Document Type: Article

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