Melanoma-like pigmented cutaneous metastases from breast carcinoma

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 144-146

  Micallef, R A ^a   Boffa, M J ^a   Degaetano, J ^b   Muscat, V ^a  

^a Sir Paul Boffa Hospital   (Malta)

^b ST LUKE S HOSPITAL   (Malta)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANASTROZOLE;

ADULT; BREAST CARCINOMA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKIN METASTASIS; SKIN PIGMENTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PIGMENTATION DISORDERS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 1642404561     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.2004.01458.x     Document Type: Review

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