Neurotropic Melanoma of the Trigeminal Nerve: A Case of Atypical Facial Pain

Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 547-550

  Walters, Hugh ^a   Lewis, Emma ^b   Wolper, Regina ^a   Yachnis, Anthony T ^a   Green, Jim ^b   Lewis, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MELANOMA; NEUROSURGERY; NEUROTROPIC MELANOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

ADULT; CRANIAL NERVE NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FACIAL PAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIP NEOPLASMS; MELANOMA; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; SOMATOSENSORY DISORDERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGEMINAL NERVE DISEASES;

EID: 38949180644     PISSN: 02782391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joms.2006.11.033     Document Type: Article

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