Primary jejunal malignant melanoma first noticed because of the presence of parotid lymph node metastasis

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 319-323

  Iijima, Shigeruko ^a   Oka, Kuniyuki ^b   Sasaki, Masataka ^b   Tateishi, Yumie ^b   Saito, Hidetoshi ^b   Sandoh, Norimasa ^b   Nihei, Takeshi ^b   Kawano, Hideyuki ^b   Kawasaki, Tomoaki ^b   Hakozaki, Hando ^b   Mori, Naoyoshi ^b  

^a MITO SAISEIKAI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA INTERFERON; BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; CISPLATIN; DACARBAZINE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY HMB 45; NIMUSTINE; NOLVADEX D; PROTEIN S100B; TAMOXIFEN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER MORTALITY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; JEJUNUM CANCER; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; MELANOMA; PAROTID GLAND DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCUTANEOUS NODULE;

EID: 10744230064     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/S0190-9622(03)00421-3     Document Type: Article

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