Primary melanoma of the umbilicus: Report of a case and review of the relevant anatomy

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 405-407

  Meine, Jon G ^a,b   Bailin, Philip L ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFAZOLIN; LEVOFLOXACIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MELANOMA; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SKIN INCISION; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TRAINING; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UMBILICUS; WOUND INFECTION; HISTOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; SKIN TUMOR;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MELANOMA; REOPERATION; SKIN NEOPLASMS; UMBILICUS;

EID: 0038446587     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042728-200304000-00016     Document Type: Article

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