Amelanotic malignant melanoma of the esophagus: Report of a case

Minerva Chirurgica

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 45-49

  De Simone, P ^a,b   Gelin, M ^a   El Nakadi, I ^a  

^a ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Esophagus; Malignant melanoma; Surgery

Indexed keywords

MELANOMA ANTIGEN; PROTEIN S 100;

ADULT; AMELANOTIC MELANOMA; ANAMNESIS; ANAPLASTIC CARCINOMA; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; CELL PROLIFERATION; EPIGLOTTIS; EPIGLOTTIS TUMOR; ESOPHAGUS BIOPSY; ESOPHAGUS POLYP; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; FEMALE; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNDIFFERENTIATED CARCINOMA;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; EPIGLOTTIS; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, MULTIPLE PRIMARY;

EID: 33646561243     PISSN: 00264733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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