Tumour seeding in a case of malignant melanoma due to fine needle aspiration of a lymph node

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 63, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

  Robinson, A J ^a   Brown, A P ^a  

^a ULSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fine needle aspiration cytology; Head and neck; Malignant melanoma; Tumour seeding

Indexed keywords

ABOVE KNEE AMPUTATION; ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; GENERAL CONDITION DETERIORATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIMB ISCHEMIA; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; MALIGNANT LENTIGO; MELANOMA; METASTASIS POTENTIAL; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR SEEDING;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MELANOMA; NEOPLASM SEEDING; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 77953477266     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2009.11.002     Document Type: Article

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