Primary amelanotic melanoma of the vagina

Onkologie

Volumn 31, Issue 8-9, 2008, Pages 474-476

  Grenader, Tal ^a   Isacson, Ruth ^a   Reinus, Constantin ^a   Rosengarten, Ora ^a   Barenholz, Orit ^a   Hyman, Jordana ^a   Gabizon, Alberto ^a   Beller, Uzi ^a  

^a SHAARE ZEDEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

FDG PET CT; Melanoma, amelanotic; Vaginal melanoma

Indexed keywords

DACARBAZINE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE;

ADULT; AMELANOTIC MELANOMA; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE MARKER; EPITHELIOID CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; METASTASIS; PELVIS EXENTERATION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; STAINING; VAGINA CANCER;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MELANOMA, AMELANOTIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGINAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 52249088656     PISSN: 0378584X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000142398     Document Type: Article

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