Anorectal melanoma - 3 Case reports and a review of the literature

Cutis

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 409-413

  Maqbool, Abrar ^a   Lintner, Rebecca ^b   Bokhari, Aqiba ^b   Habib, Tariq ^b   Rahman, Irfan ^b   Rao, Babar K ^b  

^a Rawalpindi General Hospital   (Pakistan)

^b ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANUS CARCINOMA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; RECTUM BIOPSY; RECTUM CARCINOMA; REVIEW; TISSUE SECTION;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MELANOMA; RECTAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 3042516890     PISSN: 00114162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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