Cutaneous melanoma arising in a burn scar: Two recent cases and a review of the literature

Melanoma Research

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 71-76

  Bero, Suzannah M ^a   Busam, Klaus J ^a   Brady, Mary S ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Burn scar; Melanoma; Multiple primary melanoma

Indexed keywords

BURN SCAR; CANCER INVASION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RECORD; MELANOMA; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCAR FORMATION; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN CARCINOGENESIS; SKIN DEFECT; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; TISSUE SECTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BURN; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; SCAR; SKIN TUMOR;

ADULT; BURNS; CICATRIX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33645461158     PISSN: 09608931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.cmr.0000194428.39525.87     Document Type: Review

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