Complete remission of metastatic malignant melanoma after surgery in association with development of systemic vitiligo

Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 770-772

  Nishitani, Nao ^a   Bito, Toshinori ^a,b   Ikeda, Tetsuya ^a   Tokura, Yoshiki ^b   Nishigori, Chikako ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA INTERFERON; DACARBAZINE; NIMUSTINE; VINCRISTINE;

ADULT; CANCER REGRESSION; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; HALLUX; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOPIGMENTATION; INGUINAL LYMPH NODE; LETTER; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; MELANOMA; SPONDYLITIS; VITILIGO;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; DACARBAZINE; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; HUMANS; INTERFERON-BETA; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NIMUSTINE; OSTEOMYELITIS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; VINCRISTINE; VITILIGO;

EID: 77954925601     PISSN: 03852407     EISSN: 13468138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1346-8138.2010.00877.x     Document Type: Letter

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