Primary malignant melanoma of the female urethra

Korean Journal of Urology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 206-208

  Cho, Sung Tae ^a   Song, Hyeong Cheol ^a   Cho, Byungchul ^a   Choi, Woo Seok ^a   Lee, Won Ki ^a   Lee, Yong Seong ^a   Lee, Young Goo ^a   Kim, Ki Kyung ^a   Park, Sung Ho ^b   Kim, Jeong Won ^c  

^a Departments of Urology   (South Korea)

^b Obstetrics and Gynecology and Pathology   (South Korea)

^c Hallym University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Female; Melanoma; Urethra

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYSTOSCOPY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSURIA; FEMALE; HEMATURIA; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MELANOMA; PELVIC EXAMINATION; SPOTTING; TREATMENT REFUSAL; URETHRA; URETHRA CANCER; URETHRA PRIMARY MALIGNANT MELANOMA; URETHRA SURGERY;

EID: 84930478879     PISSN: 20056737     EISSN: 20056745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4111/kju.2012.53.3.206     Document Type: Article

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