Cutaneous metastasis of breast carcinoma mimicking malignant melanoma in scalp

Dermatology Online Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2008, Pages

  Martí, Nuria ^a   Molina, Inmaculada ^a   Monteagudo, Carlos ^a   López, Verónica ^a   García, Laura ^a   Jordá, Esperanza ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; EPIRUBICIN; FLUOROURACIL; MELANIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; BREAST DUCT; CANCER CELL; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CYTOPLASM; DERMIS; DERMOEPIDERMAL JUNCTION; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MELANOMA; PIGMENTATION; SCALP; SKIN METASTASIS; BREAST TUMOR; CHEMISTRY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; LUNG TUMOR; MELANOCYTE; METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; PAGET NIPPLE DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; SKIN TUMOR;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MELANINS; MELANOCYTES; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; SCALP; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 57049155511     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10872108     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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