Mucosal melanoma of nasal cavity and paranasal sinus

Journal of Cancer Research and Therapeutics

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 200-202

  Dwivedi, Raghav ^a,d   Dwivedi, Ravi ^b   Kazi, Rehan ^c   Kumar, Sumit ^d   Agarwal, Satya ^d  

^a ROYAL MARSDEN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c GRANT MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^d KING GEORGE'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Epistaxis; Mucosal melanoma; Paranasal sinus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MELANOMA; NOSE CAVITY CANCER; PARANASAL SINUS CANCER; PROGNOSIS; RARE DISEASE; SYMPTOM;

HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL CAVITY; NOSE NEOPLASMS; PARANASAL SINUS NEOPLASMS; PARANASAL SINUSES; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 57349172832     PISSN: 09731482     EISSN: 19984138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0973-1482.44293     Document Type: Article

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