Amelanotic malignant melanoma disguised as a diabetic foot ulcer

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 924-927

  Gregson, C L ^a   Allain, T J ^a  

^a SOUTHMEAD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diabetic foot ulcer; Malignant melanoma

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; PREDNISOLONE;

AGED; AMELANOTIC MELANOMA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIABETIC FOOT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FOCAL GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LEG SWELLING; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT MOBILITY; PODIATRY; PUNCH BIOPSY;

AGED; BIOPSY; DIABETIC FOOT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MELANOMA, AMELANOTIC; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 3843108107     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-5491.2004.01338.x     Document Type: Article

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