Amelanotic melanomas presenting as red skin lesions: A diagnostic challenge with potentially lethal consequences

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 420-426

  McClain, Susannah E ^a   Mayo, Kira B ^b   Shada, Amber L ^c   Smolkin, Mark E ^c   Patterson, James W ^c   Slingluff, Craig L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMELANOTIC MELANOMA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PIGMENTATION; PIGMENTED MELANOMA; SKIN REDNESS; TUMOR BIOPSY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MELANOMA, AMELANOTIC; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858788644     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2011.05066.x     Document Type: Article

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