Primary vaginal melanoma: A case report and literature review

European Journal of Gynaecological Oncology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 285-288

  Schmidt, M ^a   Honig, A ^a   Schwab, M ^a   Adam, P ^a   Dietl, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Colpectomy; Vaginal melanoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISTANT METASTASIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTERECTOMY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MELANOMA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUMOR VOLUME; VAGINA DISCHARGE; VAGINA MELANOMA; VAGINA TUMOR;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; VAGINAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 44349086886     PISSN: 03922936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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