Primary malignant melanoma of the uterine cervix: Case report and review of the literature

Journal of Lower Genital Tract Disease

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 258-263

  Mousavi, Azam S ^b   Fakor, Freshteh ^d   Nazari, Zeinab ^a   Ghaemmaghami, Fatemeh ^b   Hashemi, Farnaz Amouzegar ^b   Jamali, Mansour ^c  

^a MAZANDARAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d GUILAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cervix; Diagnosis; Malignant melanoma; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER REGRESSION; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MELANOMA; PELVIS LYMPHADENECTOMY; RADICAL HYSTERECTOMY; REVIEW; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADULT; BIOPSY; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; MELANOMA; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33749440566     PISSN: 10892591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.lgt.0000229564.11741.4e     Document Type: Review

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