Massive and isolated metastases to spleen of uveal malignant melanoma

Retina

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 170-172

  Tas, Faruk ^a   Ustuner, Zeki ^a   Buyukbabani, Nesimi ^b   Tenekeci, Nuri ^a   Topuz, Erkan ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Melanoma; Splenic metastasis; Uveal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; METASTASIS; SPLEEN CANCER; SPLENECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; UVEA MELANOMA;

EYE ENUCLEATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENIC NEOPLASMS; SPLENOMEGALY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UVEAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 1242297009     PISSN: 0275004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006982-200402000-00030     Document Type: Article

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