MALIGNANT MELANOMA OF THE SKIN: A CASE REPORT FROM THE EASTERN REGION (DAMMAM CENTRAL HOSPITAL), SAUDI ARABIA AND EPIDEMIOLOGICAL REVIEW

Worldwide malignant melanoma is the commonest tumor of the skin, though it occurs in many other organs. It is a serious disease, the prognosis of which is poor if not detected and treated early. The disease is on the increase in many countries e.g. USA,1 England and Wales,2 Australia,3 and many part...

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Autores principales: Yagi, Khalid I., Wani, Hamid U., Tinguria, Mukund B., Al-Qahtani, Daleem M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2000
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3437114/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23008624
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author Yagi, Khalid I.
Wani, Hamid U.
Tinguria, Mukund B.
Al-Qahtani, Daleem M.
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description Worldwide malignant melanoma is the commonest tumor of the skin, though it occurs in many other organs. It is a serious disease, the prognosis of which is poor if not detected and treated early. The disease is on the increase in many countries e.g. USA,1 England and Wales,2 Australia,3 and many parts of the world.4–6 Saudi Arabia is a vast country which is undergoing rapid development with a changing social and economic environment. To the best of our knowledge, not many studies or reports of malignant melanoma have issued from the Eastern Region. It is therefore, important to report this case and review the incidence of the disease.
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spelling pubmed-34371142012-09-24 MALIGNANT MELANOMA OF THE SKIN: A CASE REPORT FROM THE EASTERN REGION (DAMMAM CENTRAL HOSPITAL), SAUDI ARABIA AND EPIDEMIOLOGICAL REVIEW Yagi, Khalid I. Wani, Hamid U. Tinguria, Mukund B. Al-Qahtani, Daleem M. J Family Community Med Case Report Worldwide malignant melanoma is the commonest tumor of the skin, though it occurs in many other organs. It is a serious disease, the prognosis of which is poor if not detected and treated early. The disease is on the increase in many countries e.g. USA,1 England and Wales,2 Australia,3 and many parts of the world.4–6 Saudi Arabia is a vast country which is undergoing rapid development with a changing social and economic environment. To the best of our knowledge, not many studies or reports of malignant melanoma have issued from the Eastern Region. It is therefore, important to report this case and review the incidence of the disease. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2000 /pmc/articles/PMC3437114/ /pubmed/23008624 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Family and Community Medicine http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Yagi, Khalid I.
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MALIGNANT MELANOMA OF THE SKIN: A CASE REPORT FROM THE EASTERN REGION (DAMMAM CENTRAL HOSPITAL), SAUDI ARABIA AND EPIDEMIOLOGICAL REVIEW
title MALIGNANT MELANOMA OF THE SKIN: A CASE REPORT FROM THE EASTERN REGION (DAMMAM CENTRAL HOSPITAL), SAUDI ARABIA AND EPIDEMIOLOGICAL REVIEW
title_full MALIGNANT MELANOMA OF THE SKIN: A CASE REPORT FROM THE EASTERN REGION (DAMMAM CENTRAL HOSPITAL), SAUDI ARABIA AND EPIDEMIOLOGICAL REVIEW
title_fullStr MALIGNANT MELANOMA OF THE SKIN: A CASE REPORT FROM THE EASTERN REGION (DAMMAM CENTRAL HOSPITAL), SAUDI ARABIA AND EPIDEMIOLOGICAL REVIEW
title_full_unstemmed MALIGNANT MELANOMA OF THE SKIN: A CASE REPORT FROM THE EASTERN REGION (DAMMAM CENTRAL HOSPITAL), SAUDI ARABIA AND EPIDEMIOLOGICAL REVIEW
title_short MALIGNANT MELANOMA OF THE SKIN: A CASE REPORT FROM THE EASTERN REGION (DAMMAM CENTRAL HOSPITAL), SAUDI ARABIA AND EPIDEMIOLOGICAL REVIEW
title_sort malignant melanoma of the skin: a case report from the eastern region (dammam central hospital), saudi arabia and epidemiological review
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3437114/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23008624
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