Primary melanoma of the vagina: A case report

European Journal of Gynaecological Oncology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 233-234

  Samolis, S ^a   Panagopoulos, P ^a,b   Kanellopoulos, N ^a   Papastefanou, I ^a   Karadaglis, S ^a   Katsoulis, M ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Gynaecological malignancies; Melanoma; Vaginal malignant melanoma; Vaginal tumour

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISTANT METASTASIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; LOCAL METASTASIS; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PUNCH BIOPSY; SKIN EXAMINATION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND; VAGINA TUMOR;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MELANOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGINAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 77952490185     PISSN: 03922936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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