Sentinel node excision for the diagnosis of metastatic neuroendocrine carcinoma of the skin: A case report

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 299-302

  Javaheri, Shahin ^a,b   Wayne Cruse, C ^a,b,c   Stadelmann, Wayne K ^a,b   Reintgen, Douglas S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; NEUROENDOCRINE DISEASE; NEUROSECRETORY CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN CARCINOMA; SKIN METASTASIS; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMORS; NOSE NEOPLASMS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0342762067     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000637-199709000-00013     Document Type: Article

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