Isolated metastatic melanoma to the gallbladder: Is laparoscopic cholecystectomy indicated? A case report and review of the literature

Surgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopy and Percutaneous Techniques

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 141-144

  Tuveri, Massimiliano ^a,b   Tuveri, Augusto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gallbladder; Laparoscopic cholecystectomy; Lymphadenectomy; Malignant melanoma

Indexed keywords

MELANIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; CASE REPORT; CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLECYSTITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER METASTASIS; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; MELANOMA;

EID: 34247533867     PISSN: 15304515     EISSN: 15344908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLE.0b013e31803c766a     Document Type: Review

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