Rare malignant tumors of the scalp: A report of four cases, their treatment and a review of the literature

European Review for Medical and Pharmacological Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 993-997

  Greco, M ^a   Vitagliano, T ^a   Fiorillo, M A ^a   Atzeni, M ^b   Corona, A ^b   Ribuffo, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

^b DEPARTMENT OF RADIOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Scalp malignancies; Tumors of scalp

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALOPECIA; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CASE REPORT; CRYOTHERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MELANOMA; RARE DISEASE; SCALP TUMOR; SEBACEOUS CARCINOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; TRICHILEMMOMA; TUMOR VOLUME;

AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MELANOMA; SCALP; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 79951825571     PISSN: 11283602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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