Primary malignant melanoma of the larynx: A case report and literature review

Auris Nasus Larynx

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 105-110

  Terada, Tomonori ^a   Saeki, Nobuo ^a   Toh, Kunichika ^a   Uwa, Nobuhiro ^a   Sagawa, Kosuke ^a   Mouri, Takeshi ^a   Sakagami, Masafumi ^a  

^a HYOGO COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Head and neck; Larynx; Malignant melanoma

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; DACARBAZINE; RANIMUSTINE; TAMOXIFEN CITRATE;

ARTICLE; BIOPSY; BONE METASTASIS; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HOARSENESS; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LARYNGECTOMY; LARYNX MELANOMA; LARYNX TUMOR; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; METASTASIS; NECK DISSECTION; NECK SWELLING; PIGMENTATION; SWELLING;

BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL MUCOSA; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33846400154     PISSN: 03858146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anl.2006.09.027     Document Type: Article

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