A variety of appearances of malignant melanoma in the head: A review

Radiographics

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 625-639

  Escott, Edward J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b Desert Medical Imaging   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain neoplasms, secondary, 10.389; Head and neck neoplasms, diagnosis, 10.33, 10.389, 20.375; Melanoma, 10.121411, 10.33, 10.389, 20.121411, 20.375; Skull, secondary neoplasms, 10.33

Indexed keywords

BRAIN TUMOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HUMAN; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW; SKIN TUMOR; SKULL TUMOR;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MELANOMA; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SKULL NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0035345543     PISSN: 02715333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiographics.21.3.g01ma19625     Document Type: Review

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