Melanoma metastases to the spleen: Laparoscopic approach

Minerva Chirurgica

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 95-96

  Finocchi, L ^a   Covarelli, P ^a   Gentile, D ^a   Cattorini, L ^a   Cirocchi, R ^a   Noya, G ^a   Sciannameo, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; LETTER; MALE; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; SKIN TUMOR; SPLEEN TUMOR; SPLENECTOMY; THORAX WALL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MELANOMA; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENIC NEOPLASMS; THORACIC WALL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84860250355     PISSN: 00264733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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