Metastasis of a malignant melanoma 2 years after carbon dioxide laser treatment of a pigmented lesion: Case report and review of the literature

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 44-47

  Gottschaller, Christina ^a   Hohenleutner, Ulrich ^a   Landthaler, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Laser therapy; Malignant melanoma; Misdiagnosis; Pigmented lesions; Recurrence

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LENTIGO; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; LASER SURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; PAROTID GLAND TUMOR; PIGMENTED NEVUS; SKIN TUMOR;

CARBON DIOXIDE; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER SURGERY; LENTIGO; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; PAROTID NEOPLASMS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33744769403     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00015550510044154     Document Type: Article

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