Asymptomatic primary malignant melanoma of the esophagus

Onkologie

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 206-208

  Gerger, A ^a,e   Smolle Juttner F M ^b   Samonigg, H ^a   Wehrschutz M ^c   Smolle, J ^d  

^a Klinische Abteilung für Onkologie   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c UNIV KLIN FÜR RADIODIAGNOSTIK   (Austria)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Esophagectomy; Melanoma of the esophagus, asymptomatic malignant

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN; MELANOMA ANTIGEN; PROTEIN S 100;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC GASTRITIS; ESOPHAGOGASTRIC ANASTOMOSIS; ESOPHAGOGASTROSCOPY; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS ANASTOMOSIS; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; GASTROSCOPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; MELANOMA; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; REFLUX ESOPHAGITIS; SOFT TISSUE;

AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; ESOPHAGITIS, PEPTIC; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; GASTRITIS; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MELANOMA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33947583860     PISSN: 0378584X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000099987     Document Type: Article

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