Amelanotic malignant melanoma of the esophagus: Case report

Zeitschrift fur Gastroenterologie

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 597-600

  Heidemann, Jan ^a   Lebiedz, P ^a   Herbst, H ^b   Spahn, T W ^a   Domagk, D ^a   Domschke, W ^a   Kucharzik, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amelanotic; Esophagus; HMB 45; Melanoma

Indexed keywords

AGED; AMELANOTIC MELANOMA; ANAMNESIS; ANAPLASTIC CARCINOMA; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CELL HETEROGENEITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS BIOPSY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PROSTATE ADENOCARCINOMA; PROSTATECTOMY;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; RARE DISEASES;

EID: 21344473460     PISSN: 00442771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-858102     Document Type: Article

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