Metastasis to the renal hilum from malignant melanoma of the anterior trunk: An unusual finding

Archivio Italiano di Urologia e Andrologia

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 119-121

  Pinto, Francesco ^a   Cappa, Emanuele ^a   Brescia, Antonio ^a   Sacco, Emilio ^a   Volpe, Andrea ^a   Totaro, Angelo ^a   Gardi, Mario ^a   Pierconti, Francesco ^a   Bassi, Pier Francesco ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Lymphatic drainage; Metastasis; Retroperitoneum; Skin melanoma

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; KIDNEY METASTASIS; KIDNEY PELVIS; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MALE; MELANOMA; NEPHRECTOMY; RETROPERITONEAL CANCER; TRUNK; KIDNEY TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; SECONDARY; SKIN TUMOR; THORAX;

ADULT; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MALE; MELANOMA; SKIN NEOPLASMS; THORAX;

EID: 77955798421     PISSN: 11243562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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