Metastasis of amelanotic melanoma of unknown origin in the parotid gland

British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 569-571

  Mesa, Margarita ^a   Quesada, Juan Luis ^a   Piñas, Juan ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

Author keywords

Amelanocitic melanoma; Lymphatic metastasis in the parotid gland

Indexed keywords

AGED; AMELANOTIC MELANOMA; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; METASTASIS; PAROTID GLAND CANCER; PAROTIDECTOMY; RARE DISEASE;

AGED; ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MELANOMA, AMELANOTIC; MELANOMA-SPECIFIC ANTIGENS; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; NEOPLASMS, UNKNOWN PRIMARY; PAROTID NEOPLASMS; S100 PROTEINS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 69949111705     PISSN: 02664356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjoms.2008.10.011     Document Type: Article

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