Primary amelanotic melanoma of the esophagus

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1207-1210

  Stringa, Osvaldo ^a,b   Valdez, Rául ^a   Ruiz Beguerie, Julieta ^a   Abbruzzese, Mario ^a   Lioni, Mercedes ^a   Nadales, Angel ^a   Iudica, Fernando ^a   Venditti, Julio ^a   San Roman, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL   (Argentina)

^b NONE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN AE1; CYTOKERATIN AE3; DACARBAZINE; DESMIN; MELAN A; PROTEIN S 100; VIMENTIN;

ABDOMINAL CANCER; ADULT; AMELANOTIC MELANOMA; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; BARIUM MEAL; CASE REPORT; CELL ADHESION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SHAPE; CELL SIZE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE DURATION; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGOGASTROSTOMY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; EYE INJURY; FOLLOW UP; GASTROSCOPY; HEARTBURN; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INCIDENCE; INCISOR; KIDNEY METASTASIS; LAPAROTOMY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NUCLEOLUS; SKIN DEFECT; SPLEEN CANCER; TUMOR BIOPSY; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; VIDEORECORDING; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA, AMELANOTIC; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 33749834037     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2006.02717.x     Document Type: Article

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