Melanoma metastatic to the gallbladder and small bowel: Report of a case and review of the literature

Melanoma Research

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 427-430

  Crippa, Stefano ^a,b   Bovo, Giorgio ^a   Romano, Fabrizio ^a   Mussi, Chiara ^a   Uggeri, Franco ^a  

^a SAN GERARDO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gallbladder; Melanoma; Metastasis; Small bowel; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASTHENIA; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CASE REPORT; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; GALLBLADDER; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SMALL INTESTINE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VOMITING;

GALLBLADDER NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; PROGNOSIS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 7244256228     PISSN: 09608931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00008390-200410000-00016     Document Type: Article

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