Amelanotic melanoma in a child with oculocutaneous albinism [3]

Medical and Pediatric Oncology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 179-180

  Terenziani, Monica ^a   Spreafico, Filippo ^a   Serra, Annalisa ^a   Podda, Marta ^a   Cereda, Stefano ^a   Belli, Filiberto ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Albinism; Amelanotic melanoma; Pigmented lesion in childhood

Indexed keywords

AMELANOTIC MELANOMA; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; CHILDHOOD CANCER; FAMILY HISTORY; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LETTER; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; NECK DISSECTION; OCULOCUTANEOUS ALBINISM; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCINTIGRAPHY; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN METASTASIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ALBINISM, OCULOCUTANEOUS; CHILD; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA, AMELANOTIC; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0037699805     PISSN: 00981532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mpo.10317     Document Type: Letter

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