A case of epidermotropic metastatic malignant melanoma with multiple nodular lesions of the scalp

Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 821-826

  Ishii, Akiko ^a   Nishiguchi, Takeshi ^a   Kitagawa, Takayuki ^a   Yagi, Munehiko ^a   Hakamada, Arata ^a   Isoda, Ken Ichi ^a   Kurokawa, Ichiro ^a   Hara, Kazuo ^a,b   Mizutani, Hitoshi ^a,c  

^a MIE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Epidermotropic metastatic malignant melanoma; Vascular invasion

Indexed keywords

BETA INTERFERON; DACARBAZINE; MELANIN; NIMUSTINE; VINCRISTINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RELAPSE; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MELANOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SCALP TUMOR; SCINTIGRAPHY; SKIN TUMOR; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 28244435786     PISSN: 03852407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1346-8138.2005.tb00852.x     Document Type: Article

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