Malignant melanoma arising from a congenital pigmented naevus in a patient with sarcoidosis: Cause or coincidence?

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 665-667

  Mahood, J M ^a,b  

^a NORTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; FOOT DISEASE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MELANOMA; PIGMENTED NEVUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; SARCOIDOSIS;

ADULT; BIOPSY; FOOT DISEASES; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; MALE; MELANOMA; NEOPLASMS, MULTIPLE PRIMARY; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; SARCOIDOSIS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33746176423     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: 13652230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.2006.02186.x     Document Type: Article

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