The charts of 15 patients with malignant melanoma of the anorectal region treated at Roswell Park Cancer Institute in the period 1975-1991 were reviewed. All the lesions except one developed at the pectinate line, in the area of transitional mucosa. Two of the patients at the time of initial presen
Effect of misdiagnosis on the prognosis of anorectal malignant melanoma
โ Scribed by Sen Zhang; Feng Gao; Desen Wan
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 285 KB
- Volume
- 136
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1432-1335
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