Metastatic basal cell carcinoma: Two cases involving the maxillofacial area

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1097-1100

  Galioto, Silvestre ^a   Lucioni, Marco ^b   Pastori, Mauro ^a   Arecchi, Alberto ^a   di Petrillo, Alessandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; BONE METASTASIS; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORTICAL BONE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; MAXILLA; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIMARY TUMOR; SALIVARY GLAND TUMOR; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; FACIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MANDIBULAR NEOPLASMS; NOSE NEOPLASMS; SCALP; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84865371247     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2011.05126.x     Document Type: Article

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