A case of primary malignant melanoma of the Œsophagus
✍ Scribed by P. C. Fleming; S. B. van der Merwe
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1958
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 348 KB
- Volume
- 46
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0007-1323
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✦ Synopsis
When ablation of the anterior pituitary is indicated, it is considered that improvement following stalk section is likely to be of short duration only, and that total hypophysectomy is likely to be the more effective.
Acknowledgements.-We wish to thank Dr. F. Kurrein for performing the post-mortem examination in Case 3. We are very grateful to Dr. A. L. Woolf for carrying out the histology i n all cases and for providing the photomicrographs.
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