Desmoplastic neurotropic melanoma : DDiagnosis and therapeutic procedures for a rare clinical entity;Spindelzelliges desmoplastisches Melanom : Ein seltenes Krankheitsbild - Diagnostik und therapeutisches Vorgehen

Chirurg

Volumn 77, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 939-942

  Hauser, J ^a   Homann, H H ^a   Drucke D ^a   Kuhnen, C ^a   Esenwein, S ^a   Steinau, H U ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Basal cell carcinoma; Desmoplastic melanoma; Local flaps; Resection margins; Scalp

Indexed keywords

AGED; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MELANOMA; MULTIPLE CANCER; PATHOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; REOPERATION; REVIEW; SCALP; SKIN TUMOR; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

AGED; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOPLASMS, MULTIPLE PRIMARY; REOPERATION; SCALP; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 33749383540     PISSN: 00094722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00104-005-1148-1     Document Type: Review

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