Primary malignant melanoma of the lung in oculocutaneous albino patient

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 864-867

  Özdemir, Nezih ^a   Cangir, Ayten Kayi ^b   Kutlay, Hakan ^a   Yavuzer, Şinasi ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MU Emergency and Trauma Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Albinism; Lung; Malign melanoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; LUNG; LUNG RESECTION; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; MELANOMA; OCULAR ALBINISM; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; ALBINISM, OCULOCUTANEOUS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MELANOMA; PNEUMONECTOMY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0035491793     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1010-7940(01)00853-3     Document Type: Article

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