Primary melanoma of the adrenal gland, a continuous dilemma: Report of a case

Surgery Today

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 554-556

  Granero, Lucas Esteban ^a   Al Lawati, Taha ^a   Bobin, Jean Yves ^a  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER LYON SUD   (France)

Author keywords

Adrenal gland; Primary melanoma

Indexed keywords

CATECHOLAMINE; CHROMOGRANIN; CYTOKERATIN; CYTOKERATIN AE1; CYTOKERATIN AE3; NEURON SPECIFIC ENOLASE; PROTEIN S 100; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADRENAL CORTEX CARCINOMA; ADRENAL GLAND; AGED; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYTOPLASM; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MELANOMA; PARTIAL NEPHRECTOMY; PATHOLOGY; SPLENECTOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; ULTRASOUND;

ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; AGED; AUTOPSY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MELANOMA;

EID: 2942555189     PISSN: 09411291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00595-004-2740-6     Document Type: Article

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