Background. Metastatic melanoma with an unidentified primary site represents 4% of all newly diagnosed cases of malignant melanoma in adults. Little is known of the incidence and clinicopathologic features of this clinical entity in the pediatric population. ## Methods. We reviewed all previously
Embryonal malignancies of unknown primary origin in children
โ Scribed by John F. Kuttesch Jr.; David M. Parham; Sue C. Kaste; Bhaskar N. Rao; Edwin C. Douglass; Charles B. Pratt
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1995
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 614 KB
- Volume
- 75
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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