Multiple melanoma arising on a burn scar and extensive sunburn: A case report and a review of the literature

Melanoma Research

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 195-198

  Atzeni, Matteo ^a   Serratore, Francesco ^a   Zaccheddu, Francesco ^a   Buosi, Marcella ^a   Nemolato, Sonia ^a   Ribuffo, Diego ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Burn scar; Extensive sunburn; Multiple melanoma

Indexed keywords

HOT WATER; PROTEIN S 100;

ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BACK; BURN SCAR; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CASE REPORT; EXCISION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; LENTIGO; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MELANOMA; MULTIPLE CANCER; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SHOULDER; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SKIN SCAR; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; STAINING; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; SUNBURN; TELANGIECTASIA; TISSUE SECTION; TUMOR REGRESSION;

ADULT; BACK; BURNS; CICATRIX; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINT DISEASES; LASER THERAPY; LENTIGO; MELANOMA; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; RISK FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SMOKING; SUNBURN; TELANGIECTASIS;

EID: 68949107573     PISSN: 09608931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CMR.0b013e32832ccd3f     Document Type: Article

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