Malignant melanoma presenting as an isolated pleural effusion

Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease - Pulmonary Series

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 138-140

  Shameem, M ^a   Akhtar, Jamal ^a   Baneen, U ^a   Ahmad Khan, N ^a   Bhargava, R ^a   Ahmed, Z ^a   Shahid, M ^a   Azfar Siddiqui, M ^a  

^a ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Isolated pleural effusion; Malignant melanoma; Pleura

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN; CISPLATIN; DACARBAZINE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY HMB 45; PROTEIN S 100; VINCRISTINE; HMB 45 PROTEIN; ONCOPROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYSTOSCOPY; CYTOLOGY; DYSPNEA; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOLOGY; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; MELANOMA; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; PERCUSSION; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA FLUID; PLEURODESIS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RESPIRATORY TRACT EXAMINATION; STAINING; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ISOLATED PLEURAL EFFUSION; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 80053207528     PISSN: 11220643     EISSN: 2465101X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/monaldi.2011.228     Document Type: Article

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