Primary malignant melanoma of the pleura with rapid progression: A case report and literature review

Oncology Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 2713-2715

  Wang, Qiong ^a   Chen, Jing ^a   Dassarath, Meera ^a   Yin, Zhongyuan ^a   Yang, Xiuping ^a   Yang, Kunyu ^a   Wu, Gang ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Melanocytoma; Pleural malignant tumor; Primary pleural melanoma

Indexed keywords

ALPHA2B INTERFERON; CISPLATIN; DACARBAZINE; MELAN A; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY HMB 45; PROTEIN S 100; VIMENTIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HEMATOTHORAX; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG CANCER; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NEUTROPENIA; PET-CT SCANNER; PLEURA CAVITY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIMARY PLEURAL MALIGNANT MELANOMA; THORACOCENTESIS; THORACOSCOPY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 84930000248     PISSN: 17921074     EISSN: 17921082     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/ol.2015.3104     Document Type: Article

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