Gastric metastases from conjunctival melanoma

Melanoma Research

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 255-256

  Cohen, Victoria M L ^a,b   Ahmadi Lari, Shervin ^a   Hungerford, John L ^a  

^a ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conjunctival melanoma; Gastrectomy; Metastases; Palpebral conjunctiva; Primary acquired melanosis

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CASE REPORT; CONJUNCTIVA MELANOMA; COURSE EVALUATION; DISEASE COURSE; EVISCERATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MELANOMA; MELANOSIS; METASTASIS; PARAAORTIC LYMPH NODE; PARTIAL GASTRECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN CANCER; STOMACH METASTASIS; STOMACH PERFORATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BINDING SITES; BIOPSY; CONJUNCTIVAL NEOPLASMS; GASTRECTOMY; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MELANOMA; MITOSIS; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UVEAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 34447552514     PISSN: 09608931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CMR.0b013e3281c4a056     Document Type: Article

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