Lymphangiomatosis masquerading as metastatic melanoma

American Surgeon

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 367-370

  Qutub, William ^a   Lewis, Karl ^a   Gonzalez, Rene ^a   Quaife, Robert ^a   Russ, Paul ^a   Mccarter, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AXILLA; BREAST BIOPSY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LAPAROSCOPY; LIVER; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPHANGIOMA; LYMPHANGIOMATOSIS; MELANOMA; NEVUS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SKIN BIOPSY; SPLEEN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUMOR BIOPSY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; METASTASIS; REVIEW; SPLEEN TUMOR;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHANGIOMA; MELANOMA; SPLENIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33646920930     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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