Amelanotic melanoma masquerading as an ingrown toenail

Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 306-307

  Lemont, Harvey ^a   Brady, Jane ^b  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PODIATRIC MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMELANOTIC MELANOMA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HALLUX; HUMAN; INGROWN NAIL; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; SKIN TUMOR;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HALLUX; HUMANS; MELANOMA, AMELANOTIC; MIDDLE AGED; NAILS, INGROWN; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0036584872     PISSN: 87507315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7547/87507315-92-5-306     Document Type: Article

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