Mucosal melanoma arising in the eustachian tube

Journal of Laryngology and Otology

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2006, Pages

  Baek, Seung Jae ^a   Song, Mee Hyun ^a   Lim, Beum Jin ^a   Lee, Won Sang ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Eustachian tube; Melanoma; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; AUDITORY TUBE; CASE REPORT; EAR TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MELANOMA; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MUCOSA; PATHOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EAR NEOPLASMS; EUSTACHIAN TUBE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; MUCOUS MEMBRANE; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33846313670     PISSN: 00222151     EISSN: 17485460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022215106004762     Document Type: Article

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