Metastatic amelanotic malignant melanoma with unknown primary - A case report

Medical Journal Armed Forces India

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 295-296

  Moorchung, Nikhil ^a   Mukherjee, B ^b   Srinivas, V ^c   Subramanya, H ^d  

^a 1 Corps Blood Supply Unit   (India)

^b MILITARY HOSPITAL   (India)

^c ARMED FORCES MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^d HQ Eastern Air Command   (India)

Author keywords

Melanoma; Metastasis

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AMELANOTIC MELANOMA; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEATH; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METASTASIS; SPINDLE CELL;

EID: 5644247896     PISSN: 03771237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-1237(04)80070-4     Document Type: Article

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