Nodal metastatic melanoma in the neck of a 4-year-old girl after diagnosis of Spitz nevus of the cheek

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 555-557

  Reynolds, N ^a   Ali Khan, A S ^b   Rigby, H ^b   Orlando, A ^b  

^a FRENCHAY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CHEEK; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; JUVENILE MELANOMA; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; NECK DISSECTION; NECK METASTASIS; PATIENT REFERRAL; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MELANOMA; NECK DISSECTION; NEVUS, PIGMENTED;

EID: 0038416815     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.SAP.0000037277.03962.4F     Document Type: Article

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