Isolated and solitary splenic metastasis detected by positron emission tomography in a patient with malignant melanoma: Case report and review of the literature

Wspolczesna Onkologia

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 214-217

  Sen, Cenk Ahmet ^a   Kargi, Aysegul ^a   Kaya, Vildan ^b   Tanriverdi, Ozgur ^c  

^a DENIZLI STATE HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b SULEYMAN DEMIREL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^c MUGLA SITKI KOCMAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Isolated splenic metastasis; Malignant melanoma; PET CT; Splenectomy

Indexed keywords

FLUORINE 18; INTERFERON;

ADULT; ARM SWELLING; AXILLARY MASS; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER SIZE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; HUMAN; MALE; MELANOMA; MELANOMA METASTASIS; REVIEW; SPLEEN METASTASIS; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENOMEGALY;

EID: 84877768226     PISSN: 14282526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5114/wo.2013.34627     Document Type: Review

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