Malignant melanoma metastatic to the thyroid gland: A case report and review of the literature

Ear, Nose and Throat Journal

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Kung, Brian ^a,b   Aftab, Saba ^a   Wood, Moira ^a   Rosen, David ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; NECK DISSECTION; NECK TUMOR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SECOND CANCER; SEIZURE; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SUBTOTAL THYROIDECTOMY; THYROID GLAND; THYROID MASS; THYROID NODULE; TRACHEOSTOMY; TUMOR BIOPSY; VENTILATOR; CANCER INVASION; CANCER STAGING; FOLLOW UP; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE; METHODOLOGY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; THYROID TUMOR; THYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MELANOMA; NECK DISSECTION; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; RISK ASSESSMENT; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROID NODULE; THYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 64849116442     PISSN: 01455613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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