Intestinal melanoma: A broad spectrum of clinical presentation

International Journal of Surgery Case Reports

Volumn 3, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 395-398

  Patti, Rosalia ^a   Cacciatori, Matilde ^a   Guercio, Giovanni ^a   Territo, Valentina ^a   Di Vita, Gaetano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Intestinal; Melanoma

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; PROTEIN S 100;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CUTANEOUS MELANOMA; END TO END ANASTOMOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTESTINAL MELANOMA; INTESTINE RESECTION; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LUNG HILUS; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MESENTERY LYMPH NODE; METASTASIS; METASTATIC MELANOMA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84868608631     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22102612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijscr.2012.03.033     Document Type: Article

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