Amelanotic Subungual Melanoma: A Case Report

Journal of Foot and Ankle Surgery

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 220-224

  Gosselink, Carrie P ^a   Sindone, Joseph L ^a   Meadows, Bernard J ^a   Mohammadi, Amir ^a   Rosa, Marilin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

foot; malignant; nail; toe; tumor; ungual

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMELANOTIC MELANOMA; AMELANOTIC SUBUNGUAL MELANOMA; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FAMILY HISTORY; FOLLOW UP; FOOT AMPUTATION; HALLUX; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LABORATORY TEST; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PIGMENTATION; SKIN CANCER; TUMOR BIOPSY; ULCER;

ADULT; HALLUX; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA, AMELANOTIC; NAIL DISEASES; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 60749084170     PISSN: 10672516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.jfas.2008.11.012     Document Type: Article

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