Coexistence of tuberous sclerosis complex and malignant melanoma

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 54, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Günaldi, Meral ^a   Paydas, Semra ^a   Afsar, Cigdem Usul ^a   Doran, Figen ^a  

^a CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Angiofibroma; Malignant melanoma; Neurofibroma; Tuberous sclerosis; Tumourigenesis

Indexed keywords

IPILIMUMAB; MELAN A; PROTEIN S 100; TEMOZOLOMIDE; VIMENTIN;

ADRENAL CYST; ADULT; ANGIOMYOLIPOMA; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HAMARTOMA; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPIGMENTATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY CYST; LIVER BIOPSY; MALE; MELANOMA; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SPLEEN CYST; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS; COMPLICATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; MULTIMODAL IMAGING; NEEDLE BIOPSY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROCEDURES; RARE DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

ADULT; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MELANOMA; MULTIMODAL IMAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RARE DISEASES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS;

EID: 84887937471     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11622/smedj.2013233     Document Type: Article

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