Melanoma arising in a skin graft

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 92-96

  Hall, Jennifer G ^a   Herman, Christopher ^a   Cook, Jonathan L ^a   Tyler, Douglas ^a   Seigler, Hilliard F ^a   Mosca, Paul J ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Melanoma; Sentinel lymph node; Skin graft

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FRACTURE TREATMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MALE; MELANOCYTE; MELANOMA; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN GRAFT; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; TIBIA FRACTURE;

ATHLETIC INJURIES; COMPARTMENT SYNDROMES; FASCIA; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM SEEDING; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; TIBIAL FRACTURES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 11144220865     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sap.0000136974.62109.01     Document Type: Article

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