Gastrointestinal bleeding as initial presentation of melanoma of unknown primary origin: Report of a case and review of the literature

In Vivo

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 487-490

  Kotteas, E A ^a   Adamopoulos, A ^a   Drogitis, P D ^a   Zalonis, A ^a   Giannopoulos, K V ^a   Karapanagiotou, E M ^a   Saif, M Wasif ^b   Syrigos, K N ^a,b  

^a SOTIRIA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gastrointestinal bleeding; Hematemesis; Melena; Metastatic melanoma

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; ENDOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEMATEMESIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MELANOMA; MELENA; METASTASIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; STOMACH;

EID: 67649749231     PISSN: 0258851X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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