Malignant melanoma arising from the sphenoidal sinus - Case report

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 329-334

  Asano, Kenichiroh ^a   Sobata, Eiji ^b   Yamazaki, Kazuharu ^b   Kubo, Osami ^c  

^a HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Ichinoseki Hospital   (Japan)

^c TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Malignant melanoma; Sella turcica; Sphenoidal sinus

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CASE REPORT; CAVERNOUS SINUS; CRANIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOPITUITARISM; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MELANOCYTE; MELANOMA; NOSE CAVITY; SELLA TURCICA TUMOR; SKULL BASE; SPHENOID SINUS;

EID: 0033935587     PISSN: 04708105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.40.329     Document Type: Article

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